Two persons abducted on Friday evening along Ayetoro-Ekiti and Ewu-Ekiti in Ilejemeje Local Government Area of Ekiti State have regained their freedom following payment of ransom after four days in the kidnappers’ den.
The kidnappers had earlier contacted the family members of their victims, demanding N50 million ransom.
Olusegun Erinle, a family friend of the abducted persons, confirmed to the News Agency of Nigeria the release of the people after paying ransom.
Erinle, however, declined to disclose the amount paid, as he simply responded to NAN’s enquiry that “an undisclosed ransom paid”.
NAN reports that victims of the kidnapping had been in Ewu-Ekiti in Ilejemeje Local Government Area of Ekiti since Thursday for the burial of Florence Tuyole Erinle, mother of Olusegun Erinle, a former lawmaker in Ekiti State.
It was gathered that the two abductees were released on Tuesday at about 7:50pm in Ikun-Ekiti, Moba Local Government Area of the state.
NAN also gathered that the abductees were driven to the heart of the town, Ikun-Ekiti, after which they went to the palace of the Onikun of Ikun-Ekiti where the traditional ruler received them.
When contacted, the Public Relations Officer in Ekiti State Police Command, ASP Sunday Abutu, confirmed the release of the victims.
Abutu said he would find out to know the veracity of the claims and the circumstances that surrounded their freedom.
Erinle, member of the Ekiti State House of Assembly from 2011 to 2015, had shortly after the incident told newsmen in Ado-Ekiti on Saturday that the abductors had reached out to them, demanding for ransom.
The abducted persons were whisked away to the forest in the area after driver of a SUV with registration number: LAGOS- KRD 264 GV, was shot dead, leaving his corpse in the vehicle parked facing the bush.
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