A person, Akeem Kareem, has regained freedom after spending about three days within the den of the abductors who kidnapped him alongside the Benin-Ore Expressway final Wednesday.
Sunday Particular had reported that Kareem's son, Sefiu, shouted over the kidnapping of his father and a yet-to-be-identified variety of individuals at Ofosu space of the Benin-Ore Expressway.
Safiu informed Sunday Particular how the bandits, who kidnapped the victims on Wednesday afternoon, have been “already demanding cash” to the tune of N20m.
Earlier on Thursday, he mentioned his father and associates traveled in a automobile to Warri, Delta State, after attending a celebration in Osogbo, Osun State.
He mentioned information of the kidnapping reached the household after the abductors contacted them by one of many telephones taken from the vacationers.
Safiu had then taken the problem to social media and referred to as on the military and police to rescue his father. He mentioned, “I don't wish to lose my father.”
Talking to our correspondent on Sunday, Sefiu confirmed that his father had been launched however solely after the N3 million ransom was paid.
“They launched him after paying N3 million,” Safiu narrated PUNCH Metro.
When requested if police have been concerned in his father's rescue mission, he mentioned he didn’t but have all the small print.
“I don't have the small print but. My father is enjoyable now,” he mentioned merely.
When contacted on Sunday for touch upon the event, Funmilayo Odunlami, the Public Relations Officer of the Ondo State Police, confirmed to our correspondent that the kidnapped victims had been launched.
“I contacted the DPO and was informed that they’ve all been launched,” Odunlami mentioned.
When requested if a ransom had been paid, the PPRO mentioned: “I used to be not informed.”
PUNCH Metro reviews that six sisters kidnapped about two weeks in the past in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, additionally regained their freedom on Saturday night.
The FCT Police Command on Sunday revealed the small print of how the Al-Kadriyar sisters and different kidnapped victims have been rescued from the bandits' den in Kajuru Forest of Kaduna State by a joint group of cops and troopers.
About 23 individuals have been kidnapped on January 2, 2024 at Zuma 1 space of Kawu, Bwari Space Council of Abuja.
Police confirmed on Sunday that each one the victims, together with the 5 sisters whose abduction had raised nationwide issues, had been rescued round 11pm final Saturday and had since been reunited with their households.
