Cynthia & Clem: Kidnappers mock Nollywood celebs for raising 0.01 percent of ransom demanded

The Actors Guild of Nigeria became the laughing stock during a negotiation with the kidnappers of  actors Cynthia Okereke and Clemson Cornel last Thursday after a leaving a location in Enugu.

The abductors demanded $100,000 as ransom on Saturday, but as of Wednesday, the guild could only raise N1.2 million..

In a video clip on social media, the AGN president Emeka Rollas told his colleagues the Guild believes God to do His miracles and wonders at this point.

“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?’

“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 the bank account of the Enugu chapter of AGN had been dedicated for actors to contribute and raise the ransom.

“I urge all of us to see that we make this contribution because we do not know we will be in this kind of situation again. But we pray to God that none of us will have this kind of experience again.”