Nollywood actress, Cynthia Okereke has revealed her experience in the hands of the abductors saying they told her that Nollywood does not support the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
The actress who was recently released alongside his colleague, Clemson Cornel following their abduction in Ozalla, Enugu state revealed this in an interview with Pulse.
The actress also stated that her abduction was a mistake as she was not the original target of the kidnappers.
Asked how much she parted with to regain freedom, Okereke said, “That is what I won’t tell you, but a ransom was paid. I don’t want it to go viral but ransom was paid. My husband was the one who took the ransom to Ngwa in Abia State.”
Narrating her ordeal in the kidnappers’ den, she said, “They did not give me anything. For the first two days I was there, I was not given any food. It was on the third day they gave me milk and a malt drink. Because my stomach was empty, I knew that I would vomit if I took it, so I declined.”
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Asked if the kidnappers recognised her as an actress, Okereke said, “When they captured us at Centenary Junction in Enugu, they said, ‘Cynthia Okereke, you think we don’t know you’? So, I asked them what they wanted and pleaded that they should take my car when they shot into the air. They said they did not need the car.”
“We were wrapped with a trampoline and taken to an unknown destination. It was the following morning that one of them asked me if I knew where I was. I said I didn’t know, and told me we were in Ebonyi State.”
“They said Nollywood is not supporting Nnamdi Kanu (founder of the Indigenous People of Biafra), that we should come out en masse to support him. According to them, ‘Kanu is fighting for every one (Igbo people).” she said.
