There appears to be a rash of kidnappings along the Ibadan Expressway. Two different groups of kidnappers abducted road users at TWO different locations along the same highway on Friday October 28th 2022.

We should try to LIMIT our movements, since kidnappers are almost everywhere in the country. What is the importance of a birthday party that will move you from Abeokuta to Ibadan. See the end result , especially the mental torture. The kidnappers are senseless, wicked and heartless

onome2013:
We should try to LIMIT our movements, since kidnappers are almost everywhere in the country. What is the importance of a birthday party that will move you from Abeokuta to Ibadan. See the end result , especially the mental torture. The kidnappers are senseless, wicked and heartless

Trouble dey sleep. Yanga go wake am. Nigerian roads are dangerous enough due to bad surfaces and lunatic drivers, with the growing menace of kidnapping now ranking high on the risk factor ratings out there on those deadly roads, yet STILL, people willingly leave their homes to embark on long road trips in Nigeria for the ridiculous purpose of attending parties miles from this safety of their homes.

Easily 70% of the kidnapping survivor stories that one encounters in Nigerian news involve groups of people attending social events at distant locations that involve road travel in these extremely dangerous times. Some kidnap victims started out their fateful capture day as funeral attendees, while others were traveling to attend marriages or naming ceremonies, among other equally frivolous reasons to risk one's life, only for them to wind up in the den of kidnappers, forced to watch the summary slaughter of those victims whose families have no millions to pay in ransom.

When In Nigeria, it would be wise for visitors especially to stay put and hunker down in their respective safe zones, thankful they made it home along the unfriendly roads of that drive from the airport. All other non-essential road travel in Nigeria would be best avoided as the good year 2022 wraps up.

Praying to Papa God for safe passage along a Nigerian highway is NO substitute for avoiding that road trip out of an abundance of caution. The terror threat to the ENTIRE nation of Nigeria is real and growing. Say NO to recreational road travel of ANY kind when in Nigeria

This is heartbreaking.
May Buhari not happen to this country twice

fathom the hogwash

Now I know why kanu is calling on we alone saying the first fulani has taken the country
No body take this kanu serious
Now we are beginning to suffer for not taking him serious
It’s a pity
Two adult females at the same time

greenermodels:
Kidnapped sisters said abductors butchering captured Lagos-Ibadan travellers – Sibling

Twenty-five-year-old final year student of the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Ogun State, Oluwatobiloba Orekoya, and her sister, Aminat, a graduate awaiting NYSC call-up, were among an unspecified number of travelellers waylaid and kidnapped by suspected Fulani bandits on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Friday, October 28, 2022. Their elder sister, Oluwaseyi, and mother, Funke, tell GODFREY GEORGE that their abductors are demanding N20m ransom for their release

What is your relationship with the kidnapped ladies?

I am their elder sister. My name is Oluwaseyi Ashoba. I am based in Abeokuta, Ogun State, but my parents are in Mowe. Both my sisters, Aminat and Oluwatobiloba, who were kidnapped, live in Abeokuta. I am 28 years old. I am a businesswoman. I sell foodstuffs.

How did you learn about your sisters’ kidnap?


Yesterday (Friday, October 28, 2022), one of Tobiloba’s friends invited both of them to a birthday party in Ibadan. So, they started preparations to attend the party. Tobiloba would be 25 by next month, whereas Aminat is around 22. So, they are not young children, and it wasn’t unusual for them to be invited to parties. I remember that around 3pm or so, they both went out to fix their nails and eyelashes and other things, getting set for the party. At about 5pm or so, they left Abeokuta for Ibadan. They told me that they had left. I was fully aware when they left. I was there when their friends called and were telling them that they were already running late and they said they were on their way. From Abeokuta to Ibadan is not even up to one hour under normal circumstances, so they were supposed to get there before 6pm.

I learnt that when they got to the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, there was an accident involving two suspected Yahoo boys. The accident was fatal, I learnt, and the road got blocked. No car could move. It was a standstill. So, Aminat and Tobi were in the bus, waiting while efforts were being made to clear the road. Some said they had called the emergency agency. It was not even up to five minutes after that stop that some Fulani herdsmen came out from the bush in their droves and attacked the travellers. We learnt from escapees that my sisters tried to escape but were later caught where they were hiding and taken into the bush. The people who told us said they really ran and hid but they were shocked at how they were caught. It seemed like the herders used black magic to locate where they were. They kidnapped many of them. They kidnapped both of them.

How did you receive the news of their kidnap?

My brother called me yesterday (Friday) to tell me that my sisters had been kidnapped. I didn’t believe it, because it was not even up to two hours after I heard from them. How were they kidnapped just like that? I said it was not possible. I convinced myself. It was this morning (Saturday, October 29, 2022), that I saw Tobi’s classmates and everyone else posting and calling for donations into my brother’s account that I knew that we have a situation on our hands. I had to call my brother and he told me that it was true.

Have the kidnappers reached out to your family?

Yes, they have. The Fulani kidnappers called Aminat’s boyfriend with Aminat’s phone and told us that they had kidnapped Aminat and her sister, Tobi, and that we should get ready for them to call us again. That was what made us know that they were indeed kidnapped. As of this morning, my mum spoke to them in their language – because my mum understands Fulfude, having stayed in the North – and they (kidnappers) told us to bring N10m for each of them. So, for the two of them, we are to bring N20m. My mum kept begging them to release her children because the family did not have anything to give them. They simply laughed and told her to go and get the money or else they would kill the girls as they had done to many others. They told her to get off the phone and go get them that N20m, and that she should make it quick. We recorded that conversation and I can send it to you. She said she can afford N1m; they laughed and told her to go and gather money, insisting they must collect N20m from the family.

But what makes you so sure they are actually Fulani?

I said they spoke Fulfude. We even called Aminat’s number later and they still picked up and spoke only Fulfude to us. It was my mom and some other people who understand the language that interpreted to us. They demanded the ransom in their language. If they were not Fulani, what will I gain to say they are? It is not the first time they are operating on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, so we know what we are saying when we say they are Fulani herdsmen.

Have you managed to speak to your sisters?

Yes, we have. The second time we called, they allowed us to speak to them for a minute. They were crying, shouting and begging us to do whatever we could to get them out of the kidnappers’ den. They said we should sell whatever we could and pay the kidnappers. Aminat said they had killed some people beside them and the killing was still on. She said if the kidnappers call the family of the captives and they are not being reasonable, they will just butcher them. It is not a joke at all. It sent chills down my spine. They had hardly finished talking when the kidnappers dragged the phone off their hands and told us to get that money.

How is your mum coping with this situation?

She has not eaten since yesterday. She has just been crying, sitting on the floor, rolling naked on the ground, calling on God. It is almost like she is not herself anymore. Two children, at once! I am not sure anyone can take that. We really need help.

When we heard N20m, I think my mum even almost passed out. I am not sure any of us has counted such an amount of money in our lives. My mum is a trader. My dad is not really doing much. He is a land agent. As I speak to you now, there is no hope. All we have been able to raise is N250,000. We don’t have any land to sell; we would have sold it. We have sold all our furniture and everything else we can sell to raise that money. It is painful.

Have you reported this case to the police?

Yes, my dad reported to the Mowe Police Station, and they said they were on top of it. They said they had tracked the kidnappers to Ogere. I wouldn’t like to give further details for security reasons. I am so scared of even going back to Abeokuta because I pass through the expressway all the time.

What kind of girls are Aminat and Tobi?

These girls are people who hardly go out. If not that the person who invited them is a close friend, they wouldn’t have left to attend that party. They were even having a second thought but… We just need help. I don’t even know what to say. Anything anyone anywhere can raise to help us, they should help us. The money is too much. N20m? Where are we supposed to get it from?

No way we can raise N20m ransom –Mother
What is your name?

My name is Funke Orekoya. I am the mother of the two girls who were kidnapped yesterday (Friday) I am a trader. I am 50 years old.

How did you receive the news of the sad incident?

I was told by my son, and I almost fainted. My heart skipped. Two children? Ah! I cannot take it. God! We need help. We need help o! They said we should bring N20m. Where am I going to get it from? Is it from this business that is struggling to stand? Even if I sell myself, will I reallise N20m? Who has done this to me (sobs)?

We learnt that you spoke to the kidnappers directly. Is this true?

Yes, we spoke to them. I was the one who spoke to them in their language, which I also understand. I am from Ogun State but I understand their language. They didn’t even let me beg them, they laughed at me and said, “You are here nagging, crying and begging us instead of you to go and look for the money?” They sounded so confident. It wasn’t something new to them. “Go and look for money and we will know what next to do,” they said.

What are your demands in this matter?

call on the Governor of Ogun State, my own governor, to come to my aid. I will not survive this if these children are taken away from me. I call on Dapo Abiodun’s wife; all the governors’ wives of the 36 states. I call on the president, Muhammadu Buhari and his wife, Aisha, to come and help me. Everyone who has a heart of flesh should come and help me. I cannot raise N20m on my own. I cannot! Help me! I can’t eat. I can’t sleep. My blood pressure, I am sure, has risen. I don’t want my children to die.
https://punchng.com/kidnapped-sisters-said-abductors-butchering-captured-lagos-ibadan-travellers-sibling/

sorry to hear my dear. I hope you didnt match for APC during the weekend?

NaijaRoyalty:

Who will drive them, Tinubu?

Nonsense

This calamity you Yoruba people brought to southern region has come to hunt you guys .

I commend the South east people for defending there lands with there lives from this killers herdsmen

By killing security operatives? Wrong moves that is presently dislocating all civil apparatus.

Kagd10:
Imagine the nonsense. These Fooolani must be driven out of Nigeria! We must make it happen!

and someone will still vote in atiku in the next election.

May the kidnappers not find peace, rest and happiness since they have decided to cause sorrows to people.

For the Fulani FG to fight ESN, it means ESN is doing something right .

Let them sha occupy the west. We don't want wahala here

foolish and senseless ladies. because of a meaningless birthday celebration, you now find yourself in kidnappers den. idiot. I PRAY FOR YOUR SPEEDY RELEASE

God how did Nigeria get into this mess. For 7 years fulani has operated with impunity and not one single person has been arrested. Meanwhile the people they are kidnapping and butchering are fighting themselves. Igbos and yorubas forever slaves

Jakumo:
There appears to be a rash of kidnappings along the Ibadan Expressway. Two different groups of kidnappers abducted road users at TWO different locations along the same highway on Friday October 28th 2022.

Its everywhere. Benin ore, enugu, aba, they are now at lokoja. Everywhere. Yet security are everywhere on the road.

charlesdinho7:
foolish and senseless ladies. because of a meaningless birthday celebration, you now find yourself in kidnappers den. idiot. I PRAY FOR YOUR SPEEDY RELEASE

How are they foolish and senseless. Other people they kidnapped where they going for birthday. The students returning back to school in enugu that was kidnapped was dat birthday. The occupants of the 3 vehicles kidnapped along lagos ibadan on Wednesday was it birthday.
Its baffling to see southerners making excuses for fulani kidnappers

charlesdinho7:
foolish and senseless ladies. because of a meaningless birthday celebration, you now find yourself in kidnappers den. idiot. I PRAY FOR YOUR SPEEDY RELEASE

They ain't foolish. Is it a crime to enjoy and have fun?

A UNN student was security conscious, she took flight to Enugu but on her way to school which could only by road, she and others were kidnapped. Is she foolish?

May Nigeria not happen to us. Pray for them.

And abubakir wan rule.not to forget he recanted statement on Samuel Deborah deathAnd abubakir wan rule.not to forget he recanted statement on Samuel Deborah death...

slimzybeauty:


They ain't foolish. Is it a crime to enjoy and have fun?

A UNN student was security conscious, she took flight to Enugu but on her way to school which could only by road, she and others were kidnapped. Is she foolish?

May Nigeria not happen to us. Pray for them.

DONT be an asshole. have fun my foot. there is nothing special about birthdays. what happened to them can be averted. i am not in support of Fulani people and i will never be. i still dont get it, why travel from a town to another just because you want to celebrate birthday with someone? it is obvious the ladies are the useless type. the stupid club goers. may nigeria never happen to you too

oyebanji44:


What is tormenting you this morning.


Another man fvk ur mother right..


Omoyeebo empty headed

Yeribanza monkey have you eaten today? Oya PM your account details so I can uplift your miserable life small

Yoruba should rise up. Tinubu is less concerned about Yoruba plight.

ScamHunter:
Bad...

This is why we warned Yoruba people in 2015 to be circumspect. They claimed they're playing suffersticated politics of Vote Buhari, Think Osibanjo.

Fast forward 2022, we are warning them against NOT voting Peter Obi.

To be forewarned is to be forearmed.

The next wave of Fulani killings wouod be on a biblical scale if Atiku wins.

Mumu!

There's no difference btw Atiku & Shettima's orientation & agenda!

charlesdinho7:

DONT be an asshole. have fun my foot. there is nothing special about birthdays. what happened to them can be averted. i am not in support of Fulani people and i will never be. i still dont get it, why travel from a town to another just because you want to celebrate birthday with someone? it is obvious the ladies are the useless type. the stupid club goers. may nigeria never happen to you too

Introvert like you don't enjoy life or probably, the local Nigerian mentality is disturbing you.

You big go abroad to have breakfast. Are they not scared of Plane Crash?

You see celebration and fun has club goers. You don't need to make life hard for yourself. Enjoy every bit of it no matter the experience that comes forth. Because kidnappers are on the high way, I shouldn't celebrate my cousin graduating from college. What exactly are you insinuating?

Moh247:

God help us oo
You no get money for ransom they go still sell your body part to people like Ekweramadu
.

dark humor

whalah for who dem kidnap

slimzybeauty:


Introvert like you don't enjoy life or probably, the local Nigerian mentality is disturbing you.

You big go abroad to have breakfast. Are they not scared of Plane Crash?

You see celebration and fun has club goers. You don't need to make life hard for yourself. Enjoy every bit of it no matter the experience that comes forth. Because kidnappers are on the high way, I shouldn't celebrate my cousin graduating from college. What exactly are you insinuating?

Your lackadaisical attitude to your own personal safety makes you a potential kidnap victim. Simply making a pronouncement that "Papa God forbid bat ting" before you take another completely unnecessary road trip to attend a frigging PARTY in Nigeria where highway kidnappings are reaching epidemic rates, will only serve to ANNOY Papa God.

Papa God HATES people who refuse to deploy common-sense precautions for the existential purpose of reducing the odds that they might fall into the hands of organ-harvesting kidnappers, and therefore all last-minute prayers from such people when they are already in captivity and on their way to the slaughter slab WILL BE IGNORED because Papa God has no time for people who reject common sense and go out to place themselves at AVOIDABLE risk because they are hellbent on having "fun" inside a country that is effectively at war.

It shall never be well with the APC and all their supporters, by the grace of almighty God

A lot of people don't realize there's a new form of terrorism going on now.. not like the suicide bombing during Jonathan's era...
More like bring an outrageous ransom or have your body parts done away with; this is even more dangerous because you could arrive with the ransom and still have your person killed for time wasting

NaijaRoyalty:

The south west is already surrounded by this terrorists

They haven't realized that yet.... The whole ransom thing could be a strategy to maintain their grip on them, since most of them will view as normal kidnap... This is the highest level of decoy

Broveens42:
A lot of people don't realize there's a new form of terrorism going on now.. not like the suicide bombing during Jonathan's era...
More like bring an outrageous ransom or have your body parts done away with; this is even more dangerous because you could arrive with the ransom and still have your person killed for time wasting

Most people who have never seen war, or who have never seen armed robbers at work, have difficulty accepting that every human population contains an unknown percentage of evil and sadistic people who actually delight and thrive in the procedures of torturing, maiming, and killing fellow human beings, primarily for profit in the form of ransom payments as is the case with Nigeria's kidnap gangs, but also for the sheer demonic thrill of inflicting escalating pain and summarily snuffing out human lives with cruel impunity.

Prime Evil does exist as a verifiable, widely documented fact of the human condition. Law-abiding citizens who choose to ignore or downplay the existence of profoundly evil demons in human form, and thereby neglect simple safety precautions regarding road travel on Nigeria's highways, would do so at their utter peril.

A slim margin of personal safety can only be attainable by residents of Nigeria who adapt to this incrementally manifesting new reality that bloodthirsty gangs of heavily armed predatory individuals now routinely lie waiting patiently in ambush along isolated stretches of numerous Nigerian highways nationwide, not to just rob people of cars or valuables, but to kidnap large groups of people at gunpoint subsequent to which the casual slaughter ensues for all captives whose families cannot raise the ransom figures demanded within the time allocated by the killers over the victims' phone.

The psychosis-inducing spectacle of fellow captives having their throats slit by beastly cackling apparitions clutching military rifles will serve as an adequate demonstration to frantic relatives of the still-living captives, that the guaranteed alternative to ransom payment will be the videotaped summary death of their loved ones in any number of gruesome manners limited only by the fertile imagination of Lucifer himself.

Mentally prepared with a pragmatic acceptance that contemporary Nigeria's manifold dangers are ever-present along all highways in the nation, it becomes easy to draw a sober and logical inference that non-essential road travel within the Federal Republic of Nigeria during the closing months of 2022, simply MUST be curtailed by those who do not wish to wind up captive in a kidnapper's detention camp and human abattoir.

In the age of video conferencing and remote online employment, the routine of driving a car great distances for the sole purpose of attending professional or social gatherings will gradually fade into the history books where it rightly belongs. In nations like Nigeria where highway banditry and kidnapping are real concerns, the fewer instances in which one plies ANY highway in a vehicle, the lower the probability of encountering kidnappers who prey on road travelers. Anyone familiar with the fundamental principles of statistical mathematics would agree with this final bolded sentence wholeheartedly.

Jakumo:
All kidnap stories are frightening to read about but this one takes that terror to a whole new level.

People whose families could not raise money for ransom are being butchered in the presence of the remaining captives.

The sight of fellow travelers having their throats cut open to release rivers of blood is the sort of imagery that can cause insanity.

That sight alone is enough to induce heart attacks in loved ones and to traumatize any remaining survivors for the rest of their lives.

These are great acts of harm that are henious. Its sad that the victims would have to go through this and some not even get the just they deserve. See this link for help and justice.