I wasn’t kidnapped, says Edo ex-Speaker

 A former Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Hon Elizabeth Ativie has denied reports that she was kidnapped on Tuesday’s night.

A report that went viral claimed Ativie was abducted while going home on Irhirhi Road in Benin City.

Hon Ativie who spoke to our reporter from the United States placed a curse on the purveyors of the story.

Ativie said she has received hundreds of calls about the incident.

According to her, “My brother I am in New York. I was not kidnapped. It is the family of those carrying the rumours that will be kidnapped.

“How could they wish people evil? I am not in kidnappers den. I am here talking.”