Posted by By Ahamefula Ogbu on
Mike Hill, the Briton whose daughter, Margaret, was kidnapped by militants in July, is dead.
Mike Hill, the Briton whose daughter, Margaret, was kidnapped by militants in July, is dead.
Mr. Hills, who worked with Lonestar Drilling, a sub contractor to Shell Petroleum Development Corporation, was billed to travel abroad for medical attention on kidney related illness before his daughter was kidnapped.
This, THISDAY learnt, forced him to the shelf the trip. His doctor was also said to have insisted that he should finish his treatment in Nigeria before travelling abroad.
Hill reportedly died yesterday in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, and his remains has been deposited at Military Hospital in the city pending arrangements for his burial.
The death of Hill was confirmed by the Commissioner of Police in the State, Mr. Felix Ogbaudu.
His daughter, Margaret was snatched by militants on July 5, 2007 near station road on her way to Edu Care International School in D-Line Port Harcourt. They took the girl by breaking the side glass of the Isuzu jeep in which she was being taken to school, stabbed the driver and took her away.
They later contacted Mrs. Oluchi Hill, mother of Magaret to demand for an unspecified sum of money before finally asking her to swap the husband with the three year old girl.
Mrs. Hill said while her husband was willing to exchange himself with the freedom of his daughter, security operatives advised him against it, taking into consideration the state of his health.
However, on July 8, she was freed by being dropped in a lonely spot in Ogbakiri, Emuoha Local Government Area of the State from where the State Security Services (SSS) picked her and handed her over to the parents.