Abductors demand N10m ransom for 2 kidnapped victims in Ondo

The kidnappers who whisked away two persons in Ayede-Ogbese in Akure North Local Council of Ondo State on Friday, March 24 have requested the sum of N10 million ransom for the freedom of the victims.

The kidnappers made this exorbitant demand after communicating the relations of the victims.

This was confirmed by a community elder and Odopetu of Ayede Ogbese land, High Chief Oladimeji Abitogun.

The Lisa of Ayede-Ogbese, High Chief Femi Fajembimo, lamented the rate of insecurity orchestrated by some suspected herders in the town.

He said those causing violence and unrest in the community were from Chad and the Niger Republic.

“We have been under attack for over three years. Fulani groups, apparently from Chad and Niger, have set up structures in the territory to take over vast areas of farmland by force.

“These armed Fulani terrorists (pretending to be cattle herders) are armed with Ak-47 rifles and other dangerous weapons with which they constantly attack anyone that ventures into the territory they have forcefully taken over.”

The Informant247 recalls that some gunmen, with sophisticated and harmful weapons invaded a filling station located within the Ayede-Ogbese axis in Akure North Local Council of the state.

The kidnappers whisked away the owner of the filling station and 2 of his staff.

Sources revealed that the business person managed to escape as kidnappers took away the other 2 victims into the forest.

According to sources, the businessman escaped while the kidnappers whisked the other two victims into the forest.