A former senior official at Nigeria’s intelligence agency, the State Security Service, has been recalling his ordeal after being abducted in central Kogi state by those whom he identified as being of the Fulani ethnic group.
Mike Ejiofor, now the chairman of private security firm Apex Safety and Security Consultants, told Nigerian journalist Alkasim Abdulkadir that he survived on cashew nuts during his four days in captivity as his captors initially demanded a ransom of 30m naira (£95,000, £76,000) for his release.
The journalist tweeted what else the ex-spy told him:
Will be tweeting Mike Ejiofor’s experience with kidnappers in Okene.
I ate cashews to survive.— Alkasim Abdulkadir (@alkayy) February 15, 2017
I was kidnapped alongside my driver, we walked all day, sleep anywhere darkness meets us.— Alkasim Abdulkadir (@alkayy) February 15, 2017
The kidnappers were of Fulani extraction and well organized. They first check your devices Ipad, phones to see bank alerts— Alkasim Abdulkadir (@alkayy) February 15, 2017
To gauge your capacity, they first valued me at 30 Million saying I was a big man driving an SUV— Alkasim Abdulkadir (@alkayy) February 15, 2017
They said they got Intel that an SUV was approaching. Less than a Km away was a Police check point— Alkasim Abdulkadir (@alkayy) February 15, 2017
They treated me respectfully -saw my ID card (former SSS Director) said you are the people killing Boko Haram, told them I retired long ago— Alkasim Abdulkadir (@alkayy) February 15, 2017
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