Prof. Isaac Adewole, the immediate past Health Minister, on Wednesday, thanked Nigerians for their support during the time his son, Dayo Adewole, was kidnapped, adding that his son regained freedom on Wednesday evening from his kidnappers.
Dayo Adewole
Adewole in a release signed by himself thanked God for the restoration and expressed gratitude to all well meaning Nigerians for their support and prayers in the last 24 hours of the family’s trying time.
He further expressed his appreciation to the President and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai, the acting IGP Mohammed Adamu, the DG of SSS, Yusuf Magaji Bichi, all other security agencies and Vigilantes, serving and former governors especially the Governor of Osun State, Gboyega Oyetola, Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwwal and immediate past governors of Oyo and Ogun, Abiola Ajimobi and Ibikunle Amosun, former federal cabinet members and leaders of the APC in the country.
“I must equally thank the AIG of Zone 11 Leye Oyeboade, the Oyo State Commissioner of Police Shina Olukolu, Garrison Commander of 2nd Division of the Nigerian Army, Director of SSS and Operation Burst in Oyo State, Head of IGP Anti – Kidnapping Squad, Traditional and religious leaders, members and staff of the federal ministry of health and other parastatals under the health ministry, journalists across the country,” the statement reads.
“The abductee, Dayo Adewole, a UK-trained Biochemist turned farmer was kidnapped on his farm on Tuesday,” he stated