Kidnappers have demanded a ransom of N30 million for the release of Engineer Ayo Alabi, one of the kidnapped persons abducted at Eleyin village between Oke-Onigbin and Omu-Aran in Irepodun local government area of Kwara State last Saturday.
The Nigerian Tribune gathered that the kidnappers contacted a friend of the victim, Mr Williams Owolabi on Sunday night and demanded a ransom of N30 million to secure his release.
It is recalled that Alabi was returning from a funeral held at Osi in Ekiti local government area of Kwara State on Saturday evening when six armed men emerged from the bush and ordered the seven people in a Sienna bus to come down and subsequently led them into the bush.
Also, a car being driven by a pastor and his wife was intercepted by gunmen at Ekan meje/Ekiti axis in the Kwara South district of the state.
However, the police in a gun battle have been able to rescue four out of the seven victims in the Sienna Bus while the kidnappers escaped with the remaining three passengers.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the state Police Command, Ajayi Okasanmi, who confirmed the two kidnap cases, said some arrests have been made and police patrol have been intensified across the state.
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