{"id":274218,"date":"2011-01-15T23:36:30","date_gmt":"2011-01-15T23:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=47946"},"modified":"2011-01-15T23:36:30","modified_gmt":"2011-01-15T23:36:30","slug":"kidnappers-free-mr-ibus-wife-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/15\/kidnappers-free-mr-ibus-wife-child\/","title":{"rendered":"Kidnappers Free Mr. Ibu\u2019s Wife &amp; Child"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_45632\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45632\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-45632\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/01\/08\/abductors-of-mr-ibu%e2%80%99s-wife-children-demand-n6m-ransom\/mribu1\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-45632\" title=\"Mribu1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Mribu1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"366\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-45632\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Okafor and Wife<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nSuccour finally came the way of  embattled Nollywood star actor, John Okafor, famously known as Mr. Ibu,  on Thursday night when kidnappers freed his wife and one-year-old son  after nine days in captivity.<br \/>\nWhile breaking the good news to  Saturday Sun, elated Ibu, disclosed that his wife and son were released  by their abductors without any harm.<br \/>\nOn whether ransom was paid  to the kidnappers, who first demanded N50 million, before reducing it to  N6 million, some days later, Ibu said that was immaterial.<br \/>\n\u201cWhat  I can happily tell you is that my loving wife and lovely one-year-old  son were released to me on Thursday night safe and alive. They are out  quite all right, but the condition I met them was very appalling and  pathetic. They looked like real prisoners\u2026 Asking me whether a ransom  was paid at this time is what I cannot answer. But at the appropriate  time, I will give you the full details of what transpired. I want to  thank you and The Sun for all your efforts.\u201d|<br \/>\nWhen asked to  comment on the role Enugu State government played in their release, Ibu  categorically, stated that his home state did not play any vital role in  securing the release of his wife and child.<br \/>\n\u201cI thank God first  for everything, but it was my own effort and that of few concerned  friends of mine that made the release possible. My state government that  I have done so much for abandoned me to my fate when I needed them  most, but no hard feelings,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nOn Tuesday, January 4,  heavily armed kidnappers invaded the Agbani road, Enugu city residence  of the hilarious entertainer and abducted his wife and three children.  They later released two of the children, a boy and girl, while holding  on to the wife and her baby boy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Succour finally came the way of embattled Nollywood star actor, John Okafor, famously known as Mr. Ibu, on Thursday night when kidnappers freed his wife and one-year-old son after nine days in captivity. 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