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From Priscilla Ediare, Ado-Ekiti
Four travellers kidnapped by gunmen in Ekiti State last Sunday have been released after four million naira was reportedly paid as ransom.
The four persons were abducted along Irele and Oke Ako Ekiti in Ajoni Local Council Development Area (LCDA) while returning to Ibadan after attending an event in Kogi State.
An eye witness who spoke with newsmen on Tuesday revealed that the four victims were released in a forest in Iyemero-Ekiti in the Ajoni LCDA.
It was gathered that the gunmen had called the family of the victims on Sunday night and demanded N10 million before they could release them. The source added that after intense negotiations and pleading, the gunmen collected N4 million.
He said, ” I can confirm to you that the four victms were released on Tuesday morning after they(gunmen) collected a sum of N4 million from the relatives of the victims.
” You know they initially demanded for N10 million but the families begged them before they could agree to release them around a forest in Iyemero-Ekiti for that amount.”
When contacted, the state Corps Commander of Amotekun, Brigadier-General Joe Komolafe (Retd) confirmed the release of the victims.
Komolafe who denied knowledge of ransom payment said the release was made possible through the joint efforts of Amotekun Corps, police and the local hunters in the area.
