Super Eagles midfielder John
Ogude has revealed that he paid N1.3million for the release of his wife, Maimunat
who was abducted on January 4 in Warri, Delta State.  In
a chat with TheCable, the Amkar Perm player said he paid N1.3m to her
abductors.

“Well, I paid nothing much for her release. I paid
N1.3m, though they demanded N30m.

 “She is alright but I
have to ensure that she is.

“I have taken her to the
hospital for proper medical tests and checkup because the kind of ordeal she
must have gone through in the hands of the armed men is nothing to be taken for
granted. I have to be sure that she is very okay.

“In spite of the unexpected
occurrence, I was still a very happy man.

“You know that a lot of
people will go there and won’t come back alive, so I am happy that she is
alright and alive.

“She was taken to a very
bad place, a swampy forest, a dirty place to be kept for almost a week. Imagine
what she must have faced during the number of days she was kept there. But I am
thanking God that I got her back alive.

“It is her life that’s the
most important thing to me.” He disclosed.