Actress Cynthia Okereke recounts ordeal in kidnapper’s den [VIDEO]

Veteran Nollywood Actress, Cynthia Okereke, has narrated her ordeal in Kidnapper’s den hours after she and her colleague, Clemson Cornel, regained their freedom from their abductors.

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TheNewsGuru.com reports that the Nollywood celebrities were recently abducted in Enugu State while returning from a shoot.

Okereke and Agbogidi were kidnapped on Friday, July 29, while they were returning from a movie set at Ozalla town in Enugu state.

In a video making the rounds on social media, Okereke while breaking silence, thanked the fans, security agencies, Colleagues, and other stakeholders who contributed to their release.

According to her, they were not fed anything during the seven days they spent in captivity.

In her words:  “For one week, no food, no water”.

Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) broke the news of their release, noting that the kidnappers, who demanded a ransom of $100,000, changed their minds after being touched by God.

However, AGN President, Emeka Rollas said the guild was only able to raise N1.2 million.

It would be recalled that on Saturday, their abductors contacted their families, demanding $100,000 as ransom.

According to a statement by the Actors Guild of Nigeria on its official Instagram page on Wednesday, August 3, the movie stars were released unhurt.

It reads: “This is to gladly inform the public that the kidnapped actors, Cynthia Okereke and Clemson Cornel Agbogidi, have been released unhurt.

“The elated National President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, Ejezie Emeka Rollas, announced their release by the abductors who were touched by the spirit of God to set them free and unharmed.

“He urged members to be security conscious on and off film sets and always take precautionary measures on their personal security at all times.”

In a video clip on social media, he said “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 have about N1.2 million. And they started laughing at us. They started mocking us and saying, ‘all those your celebrities posting on Instagram, why haven’t they contributed?”

The actors have, however, been released but the statement didn’t say if a ransom was paid for their release.

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