THE Prelate of the Methodist Church Nigeria, His Eminence, Samuel Kanu-Uche, today said the church paid N100 million ransom to his kidnappers before he was released alongside two other clerics.
Kanu-Uche was abducted alongside the Methodist Bishop of Owerri, Rt. Rev. Dennis Mark, and the Prelate’s Chaplain, Very Rev. Shitti, along the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway in Umunneochi Local Government Area of Abia State on Sunday.
The three men were however released on Monday.
The cleric, who addressed journalists at a media briefing in Lagos, said the money was arranged by the church and packed in five sacks of N20 million each.
Kanu-Uche added that he was physically assaulted by the hoodlums who threatened to kill him if the ransom was not paid within a stipulated time.
