An Ondo based businessman, Augustine Okoye who was kidnapped alongside his wife has been reportedly killed by the abductors after paying ransom
Informant247 gathered that the couple were kidnapped along the Isua Akoko highway and their abductors demanded an undisclosed amount of money as ransom to secure their release.
It was also gathered that Okoye was killed by the kidnappers before the family of the victims paid the ransom and freed only his wife.
A source within the community said that the man had been beaten to death before the ransom was paid, but warned his wife not to disclose to those negotiating their release.
According to the source, “the wife disclosed that their abductors warned her not to tell the negotiators about the husband’s death or she will be killed.”
A police source in Ikare Akoko while confirming the incident said that the car of the victims was recovered from the scene of the incident.
The police source said men of the Ondo Amotekun corps and local vigilante groups were now combing the forest to recover the dead body and arrest the suspects.
Meanwhile, all efforts to reach the Police Public Relations Officers (PPRO) Funmi Odunlami to confirm the incident was futile.