At least one person reportedly died as four others abducted on the high way between Kwara and Osun state, by unknown gunmen regained freedom on Sunday.
It was learnt that the victims who were on their way from Aworo Village near Agbamu in Kwara State back to Oyan, Osun state, when they were abducted, allegedly paid N7m ransom for their release.
According to the report, one Mrs Grace Adepoju last week Monday said to be the Iyalode of Oyan in Osun State, her surveyor and four others went to Agbamu for commercial transaction and while returning around 6.30pm, they were attacked and kidnapped at Aworo, a community at the Osun and Kwara states border.
Adepoju was said to have escaped from the abductors in the early hours of Tuesday, while others remained in the kidnappers’ den while local hunters, operatives of Amotekun Corps and policemen made efforts to free them.
Two persons suspected to be informants to the kidnappers, who were found making calls inside the bush during the search, were arrested and taken into custody by the police team from Kwara State.
Sources said that the victims were released along Oro-Omuaran in Kwara state.
The spokesperson of the NSCDC, Kehinde Adeleke, confirmed that the victims were rescued by security agents.
Adeleke who denied knowledge of the ransom, stated that the victims were rescued by security operatives, including local hunters, who had been on the trail of the kidnappers since the incident happened last week.
“Four of the victims were released while one died in the den of the kidnappers. Three suspects were also arrested in connection with the incident,” she said.
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