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Kidnapping: FRSC Officers, Others Regain Freedom In Osun, Ondo, Ekiti by Mrakeli: 2:58am On May 23, 2019 |
Two officers of the Federal Road Safety Corps, identified simply as Abioye and Bayegunni, who were abducted on Sunday by gunmen along the Ilesha/Akure Expressway, have regained their freedom. Sources said their families paid about N1.8m in ransom. The two men were abducted near Iwaraja in the Oriade Local Government Area of Osun State while travelling back to their workplace in Akure, Ondo State. Security sources told our correspondent that five persons were released on Tuesday by their abductors, who were said to have been dressed in military camouflage. The spokesperson for the Osun State Police Command, Folasade Odoro, confirmed to one of our correspondents on Wednesday that the two FRSC officers had been released and reunited with their families. Shedding light on how the victims regained their freedom, a top security source said the police team deployed in the area found the corpse of a man believed to have been abducted alongside the FRSC officers. The source said, “The corpse of the victim has been deposited in the morgue of the Wesley Guild Hospital, Ilesha. The police team deployed in the area, where the victims were abducted, found the abandoned vehicle and a corpse. “The abductors must have shot the deceased. Also, three other people were released alongside the two FRSC men. Their identities are not known yet. “The victims’ families kept their negotiations with the kidnappers from the police. The abductors collected a sum of N1.8m before they were released.” In Ekiti, the abductors of the General Secretary of Christ’s School Ado Ekiti Alumni Association, Mr Rufus Oladele, set him free on Tuesday after four days in their den and the payment of N5m ransom. Sources said N5m was paid to the kidnappers, who had earlier demanded N10m from Oladele’s family before he would be set free. According to the sources, the ransom for the Erinjiyan Ekiti indigene, who was abducted on Friday along the Aramoko-Efon Road, was contributed by some members of the alumni association, relations and well-meaning members of his community in order to secure his release. The traditional ruler of the community, Oba Adegoroye Omoseebi, who expressed joy that his subject had regained his freedom, said well-meaning members of the community sprang into action through networking immediately information got to them that Oladele had been abducted. “I and the entire Erinjiyan community are happy that he is released. I thank all those who rose to secure his release. The security agencies and the state government have to do something urgently to curb the incessant cases of kidnapping in the state,” the monarch stated. The spokesman for the Ekiti State Police Command, DSP Caleb Ikechukwu, who confirmed the release of the victim, said, “Through the intensive effort of the command’s operatives, Rufus Oladele has been released by the kidnappers.” He added that the police were still working to secure the release of one Kehinde Oseni, who was abducted on the same road on Saturday. The kidnappers are demanding N6m for the release of the twin. “The command has put in place watertight security in all strategic areas in order to arrest criminals and kidnappers within the state. All the Divisional Police Officers have been warned to beef up security in their areas of responsibility,” Ikechukwu added. He implored members of the public to cooperate with the police, be security conscious, vigilant and report any untoward incident and go about their lawful business. Similarly, 72 hours after three travellers were abducted in Auga Akoko in the Akoko North-East Local Government Area of Ondo State, the victims have been rescued by the men of the Ondo State Police Command and members of vigilante groups in the area. The victims were identified as Gbalaja Mayowa, a staff member of the Federal College of Education, Okene, Kogi State; Mr Arifayan Ayolekan; and Ibrahim Lawal, who was said to be a worker of the Dangote Group of Companies. Mayowa and Ayolekan were said to be going for a wedding in Ikare Akoko, while Lawal was reportedly travelling to Kogi State when they were abducted. A source said the abductors demanded N30m ransom for Lawal’s release, and N2m each for the two other victims. The source stated, “It was the prompt efforts of policemen at Ikare Akoko and the local vigilante groups in the local government that ensured the release of the victims.” Confirming the development, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Femi Joseph, said the men of the command were combing the bush for the bandits, while investigation had commenced into the incident. “We will soon get the hoodlums; our men are already on their trail in the bush,” Joseph stated. https://www.akelicious.net/2019/05/kidnapping-frsc-officers-others-regain.html
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Re: Kidnapping: FRSC Officers, Others Regain Freedom In Osun, Ondo, Ekiti by ojonugway(m): 10:30am On May 23, 2019 |
this our country is not safe anymore. even chiefs/security personel are now paying ransome |
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