The protest, which was meant to be for two days, was called off on Wednesday by the leadership of Igbo traders following the intervention of the State Government. One of the Igbo traders, who did not wish be named because he was not authorized to speak, said 'It was a protest by Igbo traders in Kogi over the incessant kidnapping of our women. It keeps occuring every month. 'After they release one person, the next month they will pick another person.
A trader, Mr Sunday Ike who spoke to our correspondent, said Igbo traders live in fear over what he called “rampant kidnapping of Igbo traders in the state”. He said: “The kidnapping of Igbos in the state is becoming alarming. We are living in fear. Igbo traders are endangered species. One Igbo lady was recently kidnapped while returning from church. Her abductors refused to release her until the husband paid a huge sum of money as ransom.
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