ACPN presidential candidate kidnapped in Kogi

The Presidential candidate and National Chairman of Allied Congress Party of Nigeria, Alhaji Ganiyu Galadima, was Friday kidnapped at Obajana in Kogi State.

Chief Galadima was the presidential flag bearer of the ACPN in the March 28, 2015 presidential election. He however returned as the chairman of the party after the election.

According to reports, Galadima was abducted at after Obajana on his way to Ilorin, the Kwara State capital to attend the burial of one of his elder brothers.

Confirming the abduction, the National Chairman of Progressive Peoples Alliance, PPA, Chief Peter Ojonugwa Ameh, said, yes, “My colleague has been kidnapped.”

Ameh, who chairs the Inter Party Advisory Council, IPAC, said in a text message that, “My colleague, the National chairman and former presidential candidate of ACPN, in 2015 general election, Alhaji Ganiyu Galadima has been kidnapped.

“He was kidnapped today in Osaro in Kogi State on his way from Abuja to attend the burial ceremony of one of his elder brothers in Ilorin,” he said.

He further said that “Report reaching us has it that his abductors have made contact with his family and they are demanding for N40 million ransom.”

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