Terrorists demand N100m for abducted pregnant lady, others

Terrorists who abducted a pregnant woman, a nursing mother, and three others in Erinmope-Ekiti, Moba Local Government Area of Ekiti State have demanded N100 million ransom from their families.

The head of the family, Muhammad Okanlawon, alias Elebenla, made the development known to newsmen on Tuesday.

Okanlawon said the gunmen stormed their residence in Erinmope-Ekiti over the weekend and abducted five members of the household.

The 60-year-old cattle dealer said those abducted were wives and children of his younger brother and son.

He gave their identities as Kehinde Mahmud, Adijat Hussein, Hawawu Suleiman, and two Fatimas.

Okanlawon said: “These hoodlums came to our house and they were shooting sporadically.

“The male members of the households were in the mosque and they couldn’t suspect anything untoward.

“It was after they carried out their evil act that we discovered that five female members of the household were missing.

“We alerted the security agents immediately and I must commend them for their swift response.

“The combined team of Police, Civil Defence, Amotekun, and others trailed the assailants but could not track them.

“The Area Commander also showed up, but we learnt they (kidnappers) did not follow their usual exit route in Osin in Kwara.

“We learnt they must have mingled with the people of the community to conceal their identities.”

“I learnt they only called once to demand N100 million ransom and since then, nothing has been heard from them again.

“We are using this medium to appeal to the government to come to our rescue.

“We don’t even know what to do again.

“One of the victims is carrying a nine-month old pregnancy.

“You can imagine the kind of trauma she will be going through now.

“It is indeed a painful experience for the family

“This is a strange incident because we have never experienced such in the community.

“We have lived for more than 70 years in this community though we are from Kwara State.

“We don’t know any other place besides Erinmope.”