A Nigerian man Abiodun Badmus has narrated his agonising experience in the hands of kidnappers who now disguise as employers to take advantage of job seekers.
Badmus, a job seeker, said he got a call from the person telling him they have a job offer for him in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, after seeing his phone number on Jiji, an online market place for buying, selling and job listing.
As a job seeker, he thought God has finally answered his prayer for a job, he wasted no time before jumping at the offer, unknown to him, the supposed employers are kidnappers who only tricked him.
Badmus said he was kidnapped on Saturday and regained his freedom on Wednesday after his friends paid the ransom demanded by his abductors.
He warned other job seekers not to ever jump at such offer without first verifying the identity of the person.
He wrote on his Twitter page:
“I was kidnapped on 22/02/2020 in River state I was released yesterday after My ransom was paid by my friends and family. Today am back home with my family Thank God for my life.
“Please, if anybody call you for job in River state, that they get your number from jiji or Facebook, or any social media , please and please try and verify the person identity before traveling to River state.”
Badmus added that, another victim who is a student is still in the custody of the kidnappers.
“A guy name Ogbonna Emmanuel Valentene is still in their custody,he is a student of federal university otuoke in Bayelsa state, 200l,computer science, I pray the guy regain his Freedom too,” he said.
See Badmus’ tweet:
I was kidnapped on 22/02/2020 in River state
I was released yesterday after My ransom was paid by my friends and family. Today am back home with my family Thank God for my life.Pls if anybody call you for job in River state , that they get your number from jiji
— OluOmo Abiodun BADMUS? (@iam_AbiodunB) February 26, 2020
