Connect with us

News

PDP Chieftain Umar Ardo Narrates How he Paid $15,000 in Bitcoins to Daughter’s Kidnappers

Avatar photo

Published

 on

The daughter of an Adamawa-based politician, Dr Umar Ardo, who was kidnapped in Abuja on Saturday, September 14, has been freed by her abductors.

Daily Trust reports that she was released on Sunday night, September 15, after the sum of $15,000 in bitcoin was paid by her father, who is the cousin of former vice president, Atiku Abubakar.

The daughter of the PDP chieftain, Ai’shat Umar Ardo, was kidnapped on Saturday when she stepped out of Blinkers Supermarket in Asokoro Abuja. Dr Umar said he was contacted by one of the kidnappers who assured him on Sunday that his daughter would return home safely if he cooperated with them.

In his words:

“I then said okay I will cooperate and negotiate with you on one condition; that is if you give me two promises. One, that you will not harm my daughter, by which I meant you won’t kill her. Secondly you will not molest my daughter by which I meant you won’t rape her.

But if you cannot promise me these two then you can as well do what you want to do with her. The caller then said Dr I see you are a gentleman and I am also a gentleman. I give you these two promises; we will not touch your daughter. I then asked what would you want me to do in order to get back my daughter? He said you are going to pay us $15,000. If you cooperate with us your daughter would return to you but if you don’t cooperate with us you will never see her again alive.

They later called him around 3 pm to say they wanted him to make the payment by bitcoin. I told them I don’t know how to do this bit payment but the caller insisted I must learn. I will text you our address through which you will go and make the payment; it is up to you to do that; don’t forget the life of your daughter is on the line.

Thank God I had the money in my domiciliary account. I got somebody who paid the money through the wallet account. Within an hour we sent the money and it generated payment evidence which I texted to him. I was waiting for his response but he didn’t but by 10 pm a call came I picked and it was my daughter. She said she was at drumstick at Gwarimpa where I went with family members and picked her.

Photo Credit: @umar_ardo

Advertisement

Star Features

css.php