In Anambra state, a couple who had been brutally murdered by kidnappers despite the payment of an N7.5 million ransom has been laid to rest.
On May 29, 2021, Emmanuel Chukwuemeka, 36, and Mirian Chinwendu, Emmanuel Chukwuemeka, 36, and Mirian Chinwendu, 30, were married. On their way home from a program at the Holy Ghost Adoration, Uke, in the Idemili North LGA, they were kidnapped.
On Thursday, they were laid to rest in their hometown of Isiekwulu, Ukpo, in the Anambra State local government district of Dunukofia.
It was learned that the couple was travelling in the automobile with their four-month-old child, who the kidnappers had left behind.
A source claimed that after the family paid the kidnappers N5 million, the thugs sought another N2.5 million, which took the family some time to raise because they had to sell some of their lands.
According to reports, the kidnappers turned off their phones after receiving the full payment. The couple’s bodies were discovered near the Uke-Nnobi Road about two months later by the neighbourhood.
The bodies were said to be in chains.Ā Ā A family member, Onele Cardinal, who earlier confirmed the incident, wrote; “Goodnight Mirian Chinwe Muomaife. You left your about 10-month-old baby to attend Ebube Muonso adoration at Uke with your husband. Both of you were abducted on the way.
Ransom was paid, and patience and hope were high as we all prayerfully expected your release. But all we saw was your corpse and that of your husband.
You were gruesomely murdered. I shivered to the marrows watching the video and since the morning after I saw it, I have not been myself.
We all who knew and had encounters with you while you were alive can attest that you didn’t deserve to end this way Chinwendu. Ezigbo nwanyi nwelu obi sari-sari ! Nigeria failed you! With a very heavy heart, I say rest in peace daughter.”
The remains of Mirian Chinwe Muomaife and her husband Chukwuemeka were then laid to rest at Ukpo in Dunukofia LGA of Anambra State.
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