Some kidnappers who on Saturday, November 6, 2021, abducted three residents of Obada-Oko in Ewekoro local government area of Ogun state have demanded a sum of N10m and hard drugs as ransom.
The kidnappers also reportedly shot one person while struggling to kidnap him but, later he escaped from them.
Punch reports that the gunmen hid in a bush and unleashed their terror on the people in the community but went away with three residents after the police from Obada-Oko division engaged them in a gun duel.
Narrating his ordeal, Razaq Lasisi, said he narrowly escaped from the kidnappers.
Lasisi who said he was a former secondary school principal narrated that on his way returning home from his place of work around 9 pm, there was an attempt to kidnap him.
He said the spot where the kidnappers wanted to abduct him was called Ogba Kehinde, a stone’s throw to his house.
He added “As I was about to alight from the car, a man came out from a hidden place in front of my car, where there is a barbing saloon and two other people came out at the back of the car.
“The one that came out from the side of the barbing saloon pointed a gun at me.
“Immediately I tried to escape, he shot me, but, glory be to God Almighty.
“He shot me twice, and as I was about to move faster, one grabbed me and I gave the person a heavy blow which made him to leave me.”
Speaking on the fate of the kidnapped victims, Lasisi said the kidnappers have called the community and demanded a sum of N10 million and some hard drugs as ransom.
In his words, “The kidnappers have called today and asked us to pay N10 million before they can release their victims .
“They said we should come along with packs of codeine, marijuana, water and food as ransom.
“But, after serious appeals, they have reduced the ransom to N1.5 million with codeine, water and food.”
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi confirmed the incident.
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