There was joy on the Orekoyas’ Lawanson, Surulere, Lagos home yesterday following the return of their kidnapped children.
The children Ademola (6), Adedamola (4) and Aderomola (11 months) were released by their abductors on Tuesday night; they reunited with their parents around 9p.m.

It was learnt that the family paid a ransom for the boys’ release. The undisclosed amount was paid into a bank in Sagamu, Ogun State, before the children were released in Shasha, Egbeda, Lagos.
Their parents were told to where to pick them up.

On realising that the Orekoyas could not afford the initial N13 million ransom, the kidnappers, it was learnt reduced the sum and told them of how to make it available.
A source told us that the search for the kids climaxed on Tuesday, with their father, Adeleke Orekoya, going to Sagamu to pay the ransom.

The family, the source said, met the toddlers unclad at the address given by the kidnappers later that night.
But, the police are claiming to have outgunned the kidnappers to rescue the boys.

The kidnappers, police spokesman Kenneth Nwosu, a Deputy Superintendent (DSP), claimed fled under police superior fire power, and abandoned the children.
The police, he said, swooped on the abductors following detailed intelligence and cutting edge technology.

Nwosu said no one was killed or injured in the encounter. No arrest was also made.
Reliving how the kids were found, their aunt, Mrs Adesumbo Alabi said: ‘’It was after they called the family on (Tuesday night), I can’t be specific about the time but it was in the night that they found the children.

They were all naked on the road. They were asked to go and pay some money at a bank in Sagamu. After paying the money, in the night they now called them (Orekoyas) and told them to go to Egbeda. They described the place for them.
‘’So they went there in the night and found the children.

They were all naked and alone. Immediately they got there and saw the children, they took them to the hospital, (Cottage Hospital/Comprehensive Health College, inside Police College, Ikeja).
‘’The kids were not well fed by their abductors. They looked malnourished, traumatised with rashes and mosquito bites on their bodies. They were left bare footed but we thank God that they are alive.’’
The children’s grandfather, Apostle Adegoke Adekunle while jubilating over the safe return of the boys, claimed that the police initially frustrated rescue efforts.

Source: http://explore9ja..com/2015/04/jubilation-as-orekoya-kids-return-home_15.html?m=1

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