“$200k was paid for my release” – Singer Gnewzy shares ordeal with kidnappers

• Nigerian Afro pop singer Gnewzy, has shared the ransom amount paid for his freedom after being kidnapped.

• According to report, Gnewzy was taken in April 2024 on Eklat road in Ughelli, Delta state.

• This revelation was made during an interview with HipTV.

Nigerian Afro pop singer Emuemu Oghala Goodnews, known as Gnewzy, has shared the ransom amount paid for his freedom after being kidnapped.

According to report, Gnewzy was taken in April 2024 on Eklat road in Ughelli, Delta state. His manager and brother, Obas9ice, managed to escape the situation.

The kidnappers reached out to Dilly Umenyiora, the CEO of his record label, through email, asking for a ransom of $200,000.

The singer was freed on May 3.

During an interview with HipTV, Gnewzy explained that $200,000 was given for his freedom.

He added that his captors were in police uniforms.

His words:

“They actually paid a ransom of about $200,000. I actually went for a radio tour in Delta State. Which is the state where I came from, Ugheli precisely. After the whole tour, to round it up, it was a Sunday, so I said let me just put up a little listening party.

“And we all got ready for the party, I performed. We left for the apartment that we were in. After a while, my brother said he wanted to pick somebody up. I was like let me go with you.

“We went to where we wanted to pick the person and the person was no longer willing to follow us. On our way home around a U-turn, the men on police uniforms just ran on us and were like come down.

“So we got to one certain point. They stopped and dragged my brother out. And told him they were going to shoot him. He was told to run into the bush or else they would shoot him.

“We were thinking someone was trying to use me to get to my label boss.

“They then covered my face with something. They did not beat me. They gave me food and told me not to do anything funny or else they would fuck me up.”