Adebayo Adenrele
The families of two victims who were abducted in Aisegba, Gbonyin Local Government of Ekiti State by unknown gunmen have cried out for help, over the refusal of their abductors to release them after payment of ransom.
This development has thrown family and friends of the victims into serious concern as they weren’t sure about the well-being of the victims.
The victims are Fagbemi Abayomi from Ilupeju-Ekiti and Ojo Musa from Kogi State but both based in Aisegba Ekiti.
NEWSTODAYNG gathered that the duo were abducted at gunpoint between Ilu-Omoba and Aisegba Ekiti few weeks back.
According to wife of one of the victims, Fagbemi said the abductors contacted her on telephone to demand for a ransom of N15m but which was later reduced to N10m a day after.
She noted that after much appeal, the abductors agreed to take N1m while they also agreed to take two million from the families of the other victim.
Fagbemi added both families were shocked after ransom were paid and the victims were not released after two weeks of payment.
She regretted that the family laboured hard to raise the money, with their hopes now being dashed by the adamant posture of the captors.
In her words, “It is now two weeks after we paid the ransom, my husband has not been freed. This is eliciting serious threat, panic and tension in our town and family.
“Most traumatising was the fact that we have not been able to reach him on telephone for one and half weeks now. The number the kidnappers were using to reach out to us had been switched off”.
The family appealed to the Amotekun Corps and the Ekiti State Police Command to upscale their searches around Aisegba-Agbado-Imesi Irun and Aisegba-Agbado-Ise forests to rescue the victim from the captors.
When contacted, the Public Relations Officer of the Ekiti State Police Command, DSP Sunday Abutu promised to get back but yet to reach out to our Correspondent as at the press time of filing this report.
The Commander Amotekun Corps, Retired, Brigadier General, Olu Adewa said the command is also making frantic efforts to rescue the victims.
