Kidnappers collected N3m to release Justice Rhodes-Vivour’s wife, others

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(Nigeria)  Abductors of Mrs. Adedoyin Rhodes-Vivour, wife of a Supreme Court Justice, Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour, his daughter and driver, collected N3 million ransom before they released them on  Monday night.
 It was gathered that the ransom was paid more than a week before they were released, but the kidnappers still kept them because the other victims in their camp were yet to pay their ransom, and they were only released when all the victims' families had paid up.
It was learnt that one of the victims is a top official of  Delta State Water Board, who was also kidnapped, some weeks ago, and he was released along with the Rhodes-Vivours Monday night,  after his ransom was also paid.
It was gathered that the victims were held at a camp in Delta State.
The kidnappers, it was gathered,  contacted the families of their victims and the judge’s family paid N2 million, while somebody else paid N1 million to bring the total to N3 million. The victims were sunsequently blindfolded by the kidnappers and taken close to Church of God Mission International in Benin City, Edo State, before they opened their eyes and asked to find their way.
Rhodes-Vivour’s wife, daughter and driver,  were kidnapped on May 10,  at gun point in Benin, Edo State on the Benin-Ore Road have been released.
The kidnappers, it will be recalled  had demanded for N200million ransom  to free the three, though they later reduced the money.

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