Mr Dennis Izuchukwu Okechi, an indigene of Umuawa Alaocha community in Ohuhu, Umuahia North LGA of Abia State, has disclosed that the six bandits who kidnapped him last Wednesday threatened to shoot him dead for communicating with his people on the phone in the Igbo language.
Okechi, a tricycle operator, and Mrs. Onyinyechi Ekechukwu, a farmer, were kidnapped on their way back from the farm and dragged into the bush at about 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday by the bandits. They were later rescued by the Umuawa Alaocha community security outfit at about midnight on the same day.
Okechi, who was speaking in pain from his hospital bed, narrated that the bandits inflicted several wounds on him and Mrs. Onyinyechi Ekechukwu before ordering him to call his people to bring a N10 million ransom.
According to him, he swiftly used the Igbo language to communicate the location where he was being held in the Udengwu forest to his people.
The Umuawa Alaocha indigene disclosed that the bandits suddenly seized the phone from him in anger and threatened to kill him if he did not communicate in English.
“Once they handed me my phone to call my people, I quickly used the Igbo language to alert them about the area where the bandits had dragged me and Auntie Onyinyechi. I quickly told them that I was being held in the Udengwu area, and this helped my people to know the location where we were being held.
“But the bandits became angry at
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