The Prelate of the Methodist Church of Nigeria paid N100 million to securethe release of His Eminence, Samuel Kanu-Uche, from kidnappers in Abia State.
Kanu-Uche told journalists in Lagos on Tuesday, that the kidnappers showed him decomposing bodies of some previous abductees.
The prelate with his chaplain, Very Rev. Abidemi Shittu, and the Bishop of Owerri, Rt. Rev. Dennis Mark. was kidnapped on Sunday along the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway in the Umunneochi Local Government Area of Abia State.
Recounting their ordeals, Prelate Uche-Kanu said the kidnappers took them into the bush and tortured them.
“In the process of the torture, I hit my right eye on a tree and even when blood was flowing and was soaking my handkerchief, they did not feel like anything happened. All they said was that we should follow them.”
He revealed that the eight-man gang consists of “Fulani boys,” who claimed to be against the government, adding that only one of the hoodlums understood English, while others spoke Fulfulde.
“They even said that if they get Buhari, they will chew him to pieces because he had disappointed them.
“We were taken into the bush and we trekked up to 15 kilometres. Eventually at 11pm, they said we should negotiate and each of us should pay N50m, making N150m,” he added.
He said when he tried to reduce the ransom, the gang threatened to shoot him, adding that their leader was about 35 years old.
