By Blessing Udeobasi
The National President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Emeka Rollas has revealed how the abductors of actress Cynthia Okereke and actor Clemson Cornell laughed at him when he contacted them that they have been able to raise N1.2m out of the $100,000 demanded.
Emeka Rollas who revealed this in a briefing stated that the kidnappers ordered other Nollywood stars who have been posting on Instagram to contribute towards paying the $100,000 ransom.
“This is to brief you about the happenings over five days now on our two colleagues abducted a few days back. The situation still remains the same but we are believing God to do His miracles and wonders at this point in time.
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“Yesterday, while talking to the abductors, we were trying to explain to them that we were putting some funds together, we were contributing. We said that we had about N1.2 million. And they started laughing at us.
“They started mocking us and saying ‘all those celebrities posting on Instagram, how much have they contributed?’ Immediately, it got to me that these people are watching us. It is not the best time to circulate this information on Instagram.” he said.