A 14-year-old boy, Felix Adekunle, who was recently abducted by some men suspected to be kidnappers in Owo, headquarters of Owo Local Government Area of Ondo state, has narrated how he escaped from the kidnappers’ den in a forest at the outskirts of the town.
The traumatised boy who said he was tricked by the three men before they bundled him into a waiting car described his few hours experience at the den of the kidnappers as frightening.
The young boy, who sells slippers explained that he saw other captured victims who were held hostage at the den of the kidnappers before he escaped from the building that house the armed men.
Narrating his experience, he said “the incident happened on Monday when I was hawking slippers around the community and when I was leaving Okemapo area I saw the three men who told me some of my wares had fallen.
I tried to look for it and in the process, they dragged me into a tinted Toyota Camry car and I slept off. It was in the building that I woke up and found myself in a blue dilapidated building inside the forest.
“I saw a woman crying with her hands tied backwards sitting by a headless body of a young person who she told me was her child.
“I could not see anyone but I was hearing the men’s voices inside the house. The woman told me to remove the rope they used to tie her and we fled together.
“While fleeing, the woman fell and gave me N500 while she urged me to keep running and escape from the forest. I heard gunshots from the house while I was running which made me run as faster as I could.
“When I got to the main road, I was tired and saw some people selling bread by the roadside and narrated my ordeals to them. They called the officials of Amotekun who responded swiftly and took me to their office.
The mother of the boy, Mrs Abosede Adekunle, said a search party had been organised by the family when the boy did not return home on time.
“We are supposed to get a call from Amotekun office that we should report to their office only to find my son who was rescued from the kidnappers.
The Commander of the Amotekun in the state, Chief Adetunji Adeleye, who confirmed the incident said the boy has been handed over to his mother in Akure, on Monday evening.
“We got a distress call that some vehicles drove recklessly along Benin/Owo road. While tracing the vehicle we later ran into the young boy who said he was running away from three kidnappers from Owo.
“The victim also explained that the only thing he could remember was a Camry car without a plate number and having tinted glasses. He added that he became unconscious immediately he was pushed into the car.
“He explained to us that the area was isolated as he could not call on anyone. We took him away from the danger zone to our office where he narrated his experience on how the three men tricked him.
“I want to warn parents to desist from sending their ward to dangerous places and every individual should be careful of places they visit.
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