Delta State Government, on Tuesday, said that it did not pay ransom
for the release of Mr. Ebikeme Clark, son of Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin
Clark.
Secretary to the State Government, Mr. Ovuozorie Macaulay,
in a statement, said: “The attention of Delta State Government has been
drawn to a release by a group called Movement for the Emancipation of
the Niger-Delta, MEND, alleging that the state government parted with
N500 million as ransom for the release of Ebikeme.
“In the said
statement, it was also alleged that the kidnap was stage managed by
Ebikeme and the police to swindle the state government of such an
amount.
“The Delta State Government wishes to state categorically
that it did not part with any money as ransom for the release of
Ebikeme.
“It is the policy of the government not to pay or encourage
the payment of ransom by families as this encourages more kidnappings.
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