Sunday, November 15, 2009

Nkem Owoh "Osufia" regains freedom



Six days after he was seized on the Port Harcout-Enugu Expressway, the popular Nollywood actor, Nkem Owoh, aka Osuofia, on Saturday regained freedom from his abductors.
Owoh‘s freedom was said to have been negotiated by members of his family who paid N1.4m, SUNDAY PUNCH gathered.The kidnappers, however, continue to hold on to the actor‘s car pending the payment of N100,000 balance, a member of the family told SUNDAY PUNCH on the condition of anonymity.The source said the family could only raise N1.4m out of the N1.5m demanded by the kidnappers.Our correspondent gathered that the family members pleaded with the abductors to release his vehicle but all efforts proved abortive.It would be recalled that the actor was abducted on Monday when a gang of kidnappers reportedly blocked his car as he made his way towards a film location in Enugu.