A barrister identified as Mr. Adeola Adebayo has been killed by kidnappers after paying N3 million ransom.

Mr. Adeola who was the secretary of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Ikole branch in Ekiti state,  was kidnapped by unknown gunmen on Saturday, 17 November 2018 at Erio, a town in the Ekiti. 

According to reports, Adeola was driving from Osogbo, Osun capital with his wife and parents where they attended a social event when he was stopped and kidnapped.

His death has been announced in a press statement released by the Secretary of NBA Ikere Ekiti branch, Mr. Michael Afolayan.

See the press statement below:

Learned Seniors, Colleagues, and Fellow Branch Secretaries.

With a saddened heart, I regret to inform this body that the decomposed body of our Brother Secretary of Ikole Ekiti Branch, Adeola Adebayo, who was kidnapped 15 days ago was found today having been killed by his abductors days ago.

While appreciating this Body for your prayers and well-wishes throughout our travail on his abduction, we urge you to continue to pray for the Bar in Ekiti, wife, child, siblings, and the parents of our departed colleague for the fortitude to bear this irreparable loss.

May we also see this unfortunate event as opportunity to call for responsible governance towards ensuring security of lives and properties at all levels in Nigeria. I pray that God in His infinite Mercy will put a stop to this kind of happenings in our midst. God bless you all.
Michael Afolayan, Esq.

Secretary, Ikere Ekiti Branch.

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harkandey:
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Gossiplover:
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harkandey:
kidnappers don't usually kill after ransom paid. there must be something behind this story.

Criminal, you will soon be caught.

Only CHRIST can help this country. I will only vote for Jesus christ in 2019. Shi ke nan.

Xisnin:

Criminal, you will soon be caught.

with you my brother in crime

harkandey:
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i agree with you sir..
he probably died from overfeeding.

Fayose

Elections are around the corner and barristers are going down

harkandey:
kidnappers don't usually kill after ransom paid. there must be something behind this story.

Many thing can go on in the kidnappers den, if I told you that 30 percent of kidnap victims in Nigeria never make it out alive

Dshocker:
Elections are around the corner and barristers are going down

one more barrister death and elections will be postponed Indefinitely due to shortage of man power.

Dandy52:
Only CHRIST can help this country. I will only vote for Jesus christ in 2019. Shi ke nan.

even Jesus wont be able to rule this contraption called nigeria

Hope it's not a case of an unhappy party to a case he probably handled. Just saying! RIP fellow colleague in the Bar.

This is serious

Dandy52:
Only CHRIST can help this country. I will only vote for Jesus christ in 2019. Shi ke nan.

Christ is not interested in the rotten human system of government. May his name be praised forever.

harkandey:
kidnappers don't usually kill after ransom paid. there must be something behind this story.

You should KNOW!

harkandey:
kidnappers don't usually kill after ransom paid. there must be something behind this story.

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Asito:


one more barrister death and elections will be postponed Indefinitely due to shortage of man power.

But they have no power to postpone the elections,INEC does.

The man must have stepped on toes

Dandy52:
Only CHRIST can help this country. I will only vote for Jesus christ in 2019. Shi ke nan.

someone you are not sure if he ever existed

Isoright

Justice Chukwujieze Ogu was also killed
Why kidnappers dey off lawyers