{"id":324,"date":"2013-03-03T06:51:51","date_gmt":"2013-03-03T06:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/ng\/?p=324"},"modified":"2013-03-03T06:51:51","modified_gmt":"2013-03-03T06:51:51","slug":"breaking-news-apprehension-charly-boys-cousin-kidnapped-in-nigeriafears-hit-oputa-family-over-safety-forcefully-taken-away-in-bushcreeks-in-imo-state-victim-emeka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/breaking-news-apprehension-charly-boys-cousin-kidnapped-in-nigeriafears-hit-oputa-family-over-safety-forcefully-taken-away-in-bushcreeks-in-imo-state-victim-emeka\/","title":{"rendered":"\ufeff  Breaking News: Apprehension!  Charly Boy\u2019s Cousin Kidnapped in Nigeria\u2026Fears Hit Oputa Family over Safety  *Forcefully taken away in Bush\/Creeks in Imo State * Victim, Emeka, a successful Hotelier cries: \u201cPlease, spare my life\u201d * \u201cWe don\u2019t know if he\u2019s Alive or Deeply Injured\u201d-Areafada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>Breaking News: Apprehension!<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Charly Boy\u2019s Cousin Kidnapped in Nigeria<\/b><b>\u2026Fears Hit Oputa Family over Safety<\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Forcefully taken away in Bush\/Creeks in Imo State<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Victim, Emeka, a successful Hotelier cries: \u201cPlease, spare my life\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>\u201cWe don\u2019t know if he\u2019s Alive or Deeply Injured\u201d-Areafada<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Unresolved Kidnapping Saga in Imo State-<i>INVESTIGATION<\/i><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>BY SAMSON SHOAGA\/<i>MANAGING EDITOR<\/i>\/NEW YORK &amp; SAMUEL KLARSON, ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Charly-Boy-2.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-325\" alt=\"Charly Boy 2\" src=\"http:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Charly-Boy-2-150x150.gif\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/b>THERE is palpable fear and tension presently among the Oputa family as a result of the kidnapping of Emeka Emeniye, a successful hotelier and business mogul, a cousin of Charly Boy, alias \u2018Areafada\u2019 who was forcefully taken away allegedly by gun wielding men during one of his visits to one of his 5-Star hotels in Imo State.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Fears Hit Oputa Family over Safety <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Naija Standard<\/i><\/b><b> <\/b>gathered exclusively that Emeniye; a widely traveled businessman had visited Imo State on assessment tour of all his hotels, but was allegedly trailed and confronted while on inspection of his hospitality business.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Accordingly, sources in the hotel (names withheld) told <b><i>Naija Standard<\/i><\/b> that these armed and mean-looking men had taken Emeniye into captivity through the bush and creeks in Imo State and forcefully pushed him inside the booth of the businessman\u2019s car taken from the hotel compound, as the hotelier begged that they should spare his life. While been taken away he was overheard begging the kidnappers: \u201cPlease spare my life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Charly Boy Confirms Story, Raises Alarm \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Corroborating this shocking story, Charles Emeka Oputa confirmed the authenticity of this story when he said the kidnapping saga of his cousin had dwelt a heavy blow on the Oputa family and caused confusion over Emeniye\u2019s where about and safety. His words: \u201cAs I am talking to you right now, all of us in the family are so worried over the safety of my cousin in Imo State. We are afraid because we want to really know if he is alive or deeply injured. Imagine the state of health of this my cousin now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Unresolved Kidnapping Saga in Imo State <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Further investigation by<b> <i>Naija Standard<\/i> <\/b>showed that there are several unresolved kidnapping cases in Imo State that were allegedly taken over by the Imo State Police Command, yet no result from their investigation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b># N\/B: Editors of <i>Naija Standard<\/i> are daily praying for Charly Boy\u2019s family to see find Emeniye in a good state of mind.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Breaking News: Apprehension! Charly Boy\u2019s Cousin Kidnapped in Nigeria\u2026Fears Hit Oputa Family over Safety Forcefully taken away in Bush\/Creeks in Imo State Victim, Emeka, a successful Hotelier cries: \u201cPlease, spare my life\u201d \u201cWe don\u2019t know if he\u2019s Alive or Deeply Injured\u201d-Areafada Unresolved Kidnapping Saga in Imo State-INVESTIGATION \u00a0 BY SAMSON SHOAGA\/MANAGING EDITOR\/NEW YORK &amp; SAMUEL [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":325,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[105],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-crime"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}