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Nun recounts encounter with kidnappers who killed Sowore’s brother
A nun, Reverend Sister Emmanuella Anyanwu, one of the five persons who was kidnapped by the armed gang which killed younger brother of Sahara Reporters Publisher, Omoyele Sowore, has narrated her escape.
Olajide Sowore was shot dead while on his way to Igbinedion University, Okada, Edo State, on Saturday.
The police said the deceased was shot when he attempted to escape the armed gang that operated on the Benin-Lagos Road.
Anyanwu, 34, of All Blessed of the Holy Spirit Convent in Ghana, said she was travelling to Imo State. She had boarded a vehicle in Lagos.
She said they ran into trouble after the vehicle in which she was travelling developed a fault.
Narrating how she managed to escape at the State Police Command Headquarters, she said she fled when the kidnappers focused their attention on their new abductee, according to Daily Trust report.
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“It was raining, at about 7.30 in the night, when they brought a new person to meet us in the bush. They collected the man’s phone and other things.
“I then noticed that all their concentration was on the man, I removed my blindfold, summoned courage and escaped unnoticed.
“When I managed to get to the road, I met a man who directed me to some policemen on the road by Okada junction after narrating my ordeal to him.”
She said the police thereafter took her to their headquarters in Benin, Edo State capital.
On how she was kidnapped, the Rev. Sister said, “About five men emerged from the bush after our vehicle broke down and they started shooting sporadically.”
She explained that the gunmen rounded them up, adding that when they came down from the vehicle, the gunmen ordered them to lie down, and marched them into the bush blindfolded after collecting their belongings.
“They asked me if I am married and I told them that I am married and I have two children but that is not true because I am from the convent and we don’t marry,” she said.
