Kwara: Abductors demand N30m ransom to release Engineer

Kidnappers are demanding a ransom of N30 million to release Engr. Ayo Alabi, one of the nine persons abducted at Eleyin village between Oke-Onigbin and Omu-Aran in Irepodun Local Government area of Kwara State last Saturday.

It was gathered that the kidnappers got in touch with a friend of the victim, Mr. Williams Owolabi on Sunday night and demanded the N30 million ransom to secure his release.

Alabi was returning from a funeral held at Osi in Ekiti Local Government Area of the state on Saturday evening when six armed men emerged from the bush and ordered the seven people in a Sienna bus to the bush.

Also, a car being driven by a pastor and his wife was intercepted  by gunmen at Ekan meje/Ekiti axis in Kwara South.

However, the police in a gun battle have been able to rescue four out of the seven victims in the Sienna bus while the kidnappers escaped with the  remaining three passengers.

The spokesman of the state Police Command, Okasanmi Ajayi, who confirmed the two kidnap cases said some arrests have been made and police patrols have been intensified across the state.