The Special Assistant to the Imo State Governor on Public Affairs and popular Nollywood actress, Nkiru Sylvanus has been kidnapped in Owerri, the Imo State capital. Sources close to the actress said she was kidnapped last Saturday night around Concorde Hotel, where she was believed to have gone for an undisclosed engagement.
It was further gathered that contact had been established with her abductors and a ransom of N100 million is being demanded for her release. Though the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Vitalis Onugu said the police was yet to be informed, impeccable Government House sources had confirmed it.
Nkiru Sylvanus was in a recent cabinet reshuffle by Governor Rochas Okorocha redeployed her from prevous position as the special assistant, Lagos Affairs to Imo State, where she assumed her new portfolio until her kidnap. Meanwhile, a prominent music producer, popularly known as Bruno was also robbed in Owerri and dispossessed of substantial valuables.
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