Gunmen kidnap farmer, labourer, demand N15m ransom
Some gunmen have kidnapped a farmer and a labourer at the Oke Oge community in the Oba Ile area of Akure North Local Government Area, Ondo State. The victims were said to have been abducted on Saturday evening while returning from the Akure airport.
The commander of the state security network agency also known as Amotekun, Akogun Adetunji Adeleye, who confirmed the incident to PUNCH Metro on Sunday, said his men had been deployed to rescue the victims.
“I can confirm to you that we are on top of the situation. They (the victims) were kidnapped while returning from the farm.
“Our men have been deployed to rescue them from the kidnappers’ den,” he said.
PUNCH Metro gathered that the abductors had contacted the families of the victims, demanding a sum of N15m ransom to release the victims.
A family source who confirmed the latest development said the hoodlums insisted on N15m ransom.
