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We Paid Our Kidnappers ₦91M — Abuja Music Band Leader Recounts Ordeal by treesun: 9:03pm On Jan 06

Adewunmi Samuel Sofomade, the leader of the Abuja-based music band kidnapped along the Lokoja highway, has disclosed the amount paid for their release.

DAILY POST reports that the band leader was abducted in December 2023, alongside his crew, while returning from a show in Kogi State.

The 13-man group was later released after a few days in captivity.

However, recounting his ordeal in a recent interview with BBC Yoruba, the band leader, also called Omoba De Jombo Beats, stated that the kidnappers later reduced their ransom from N10m to N7 million each before they were released.

“We were 13 that went to perform at a burial ceremony in Itakete Isao, close to Isan-Olu in Kogi State. And we had to move by road because they don’t have an airport in Kogi.

“We had gone since Thursday. We finished performing at about 5:30 pm on Friday. So we felt that there was still time to return to Abuja. The incident happened just after we have past Dangote Cement.

“We spent six days with the kidnappers inside a very thick forest and the six days felt like six years because a lot of things happened in that forest.

“They asked for N10 million each. We started begging their commandant that we could not gather N10 million. He later reduced it to N7 million each.

“When we received the information that the money had been completed but there was no cash during the December period, we started looking for cash. They initially agreed that the money be converted to dollars, but their leader later changed his mind and insisted on naira.”

https://dailypost.ng/2024/01/06/we-paid-our-abductors-n91m-abuja-music-band-leader-recounts-ordeal/

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Re: We Paid Our Kidnappers ₦91M — Abuja Music Band Leader Recounts Ordeal by Edoreborn: 9:07pm On Jan 06

Re: We Paid Our Kidnappers ₦91M — Abuja Music Band Leader Recounts Ordeal by chiiraq802(m): 9:07pm On Jan 06

91 metres.... No be chyse.
Thank God for una lives.

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Re: We Paid Our Kidnappers ₦91M — Abuja Music Band Leader Recounts Ordeal by LoveLeadsLand(m): 9:08pm On Jan 06

With all the BVN and NIN databases as well as biometric reg with phone companies, this kind stuff still happens. What exactly is wrong with this country Nigeria?

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Re: We Paid Our Kidnappers ₦91M — Abuja Music Band Leader Recounts Ordeal by SharingIsLife(m): 9:09pm On Jan 06

LoveLeadsLand:
With all the BVN and NIN databases as well as biometric reg with phone companies, this kind stuff still happens. What exactly is wrong with this country Nigeria?

Sometimes, it seems that Nigerians don't really want a change, that they only like to complain.

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The government has a role to play and the masses also have a role to play. But, many times, the masses just stay there and blame the government. That's one big thing that is wrong with Nigeria. A bitter truth though.

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Re: We Paid Our Kidnappers ₦91M — Abuja Music Band Leader Recounts Ordeal by MasterJayJay: 9:11pm On Jan 06

Kidnapping for ransom is the easiest crime to burst.
The ransom is the bait.

Why can't Nigeria police do the job? Because they are part of the kidnapping gang.

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Re: We Paid Our Kidnappers ₦91M — Abuja Music Band Leader Recounts Ordeal by Annnabel001(f): 9:44pm On Jan 06

Funny

Re: We Paid Our Kidnappers ₦91M — Abuja Music Band Leader Recounts Ordeal by Freshtruth(m): 9:48pm On Jan 06

Lies

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Re: We Paid Our Kidnappers ₦91M — Abuja Music Band Leader Recounts Ordeal by seborrhic: 10:00pm On Jan 06

Where did this urchin see ₦91m? Clown!

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Re: We Paid Our Kidnappers ₦91M — Abuja Music Band Leader Recounts Ordeal by Tochi3(m): 10:08pm On Jan 06

LoveLeadsLand:
With all the BVN and NIN databases as well as biometric reg with phone companies, this kind stuff still happens. What exactly is wrong with this country Nigeria?

..Peter Obi

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Re: We Paid Our Kidnappers ₦91M — Abuja Music Band Leader Recounts Ordeal by treesun: 9:06am On Jan 07

Police can arrest Gistlover handlers, but our technology cant trace those that collect humongous ransome!

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Re: We Paid Our Kidnappers ₦91M — Abuja Music Band Leader Recounts Ordeal by CodeTemplar: 9:29am On Jan 07

That money is less than N10m in their hands now. Christmas grooving has taken the rest and their yellow(light skinned) girlfriends are probably comparing them to the hustling band members who are too poor to be dated by them. This life ehn.

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Re: We Paid Our Kidnappers ₦91M — Abuja Music Band Leader Recounts Ordeal by CodeTemplar: 9:30am On Jan 07

treesun:
Police can arrest Gistlover handlers, but our technology cant trace those that collect humongous ransome!

Yes. Can gistlover split any loot or settle them?
The kidnappers can and are probably willing to.
Will a bandleader just part with his money to the po-po? No.

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Re: We Paid Our Kidnappers ₦91M — Abuja Music Band Leader Recounts Ordeal by iwaeda: 9:38am On Jan 07

treesun:

Adewunmi Samuel Sofomade, the leader of the Abuja-based music band kidnapped along the Lokoja highway, has disclosed the amount paid for their release.

DAILY POST reports that the band leader was abducted in December 2023, alongside his crew, while returning from a show in Kogi State.

The 13-man group was later released after a few days in captivity.

However, recounting his ordeal in a recent interview with BBC Yoruba, the band leader, also called Omoba De Jombo Beats, stated that the kidnappers later reduced their ransom from N10m to N7 million each before they were released.

“We were 13 that went to perform at a burial ceremony in Itakete Isao, close to Isan-Olu in Kogi State. And we had to move by road because they don’t have an airport in Kogi.

“We had gone since Thursday. We finished performing at about 5:30 pm on Friday. So we felt that there was still time to return to Abuja. The incident happened just after we have past Dangote Cement.

“We spent six days with the kidnappers inside a very thick forest and the six days felt like six years because a lot of things happened in that forest.

“They asked for N10 million each. We started begging their commandant that we could not gather N10 million. He later reduced it to N7 million each.

“When we received the information that the money had been completed but there was no cash during the December period, we started looking for cash. They initially agreed that the money be converted to dollars, but their leader later changed his mind and insisted on naira.”

https://dailypost.ng/2024/01/06/we-paid-our-abductors-n91m-abuja-music-band-leader-recounts-ordeal/

N91M, five bedroom, fully detached, in some parts of Lekki. We are just playing in Nigeria. May you not fall victims of kidnappers and bandits. So that one olode oduru will not rejoice over you. grin

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Re: We Paid Our Kidnappers ₦91M — Abuja Music Band Leader Recounts Ordeal by treesun: 9:49am On Jan 07

iwaeda:

N91M, five bedroom, fully detached, in some parts of Lekki. We are just playing in Nigeria. May you not fall victims of kidnappers and bandits. So that one olode oduru will not rejoice over you.

Are you into estate business!

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Re: We Paid Our Kidnappers ₦91M — Abuja Music Band Leader Recounts Ordeal by treesun: 9:50am On Jan 07

CodeTemplar:
Yes. Can gistlover split any loot or settle them?
The kidnappers can and are probably willing to.
Will a bandleader just part with his money to the po-po? No.

Hmmmm. I dont know what to type!

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Re: We Paid Our Kidnappers ₦91M — Abuja Music Band Leader Recounts Ordeal by iwaeda: 10:05am On Jan 07

treesun:

Are you into estate business!

Gbogbolowo Igbomina enterprises. grin

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Re: We Paid Our Kidnappers ₦91M — Abuja Music Band Leader Recounts Ordeal by 9japride(m): 10:56am On Jan 07

They can't fish out those kidnappers. But if one receive money to protest against the leadership of the country, it won't take them few minutes to apprehend the person.
I hope those who always support every policy of any government in power are also covered by the security forces guarding those political leaders?
Evil entities just go about killing people in their farms, homes and on the highways and with all the technologies and manpower of the ministries related information/technology those enemies of the country can't still be apprehended?

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Re: We Paid Our Kidnappers ₦91M — Abuja Music Band Leader Recounts Ordeal by treesun: 2:34pm On Jan 07

Nlfpmod!

Re: We Paid Our Kidnappers ₦91M — Abuja Music Band Leader Recounts Ordeal by atobs4real(m): 3:01pm On Jan 07

Government carelessly leaving every body on their own.
OYO

Re: We Paid Our Kidnappers ₦91M — Abuja Music Band Leader Recounts Ordeal by StrongAlphMale: 3:01pm On Jan 07

In a sane country, Tinubu and shitima would have since resigned for massive failure and corruption

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Re: We Paid Our Kidnappers ₦91M — Abuja Music Band Leader Recounts Ordeal by marlow1962(m): 3:01pm On Jan 07

Eyah

Re: We Paid Our Kidnappers ₦91M — Abuja Music Band Leader Recounts Ordeal by kennyz247(m): 3:01pm On Jan 07

This country is finished

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Re: We Paid Our Kidnappers ₦91M — Abuja Music Band Leader Recounts Ordeal by atobs4real(m): 3:02pm On Jan 07

Government carelessly leaving every body on their own.
OYO
Thank God they didn't just collect the money but also released you people.
Thank God

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Re: We Paid Our Kidnappers ₦91M — Abuja Music Band Leader Recounts Ordeal by grandstar(m): 3:02pm On Jan 07

Crazy

Re: We Paid Our Kidnappers ₦91M — Abuja Music Band Leader Recounts Ordeal by Watinhapen(m): 3:02pm On Jan 07

Kidnapping has become a pandemic in Nigeria and the government is doing nothing about it.

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Re: We Paid Our Kidnappers ₦91M — Abuja Music Band Leader Recounts Ordeal by Pascakkonsult(m): 3:05pm On Jan 07

LoveLeadsLand:
With all the BVN and NIN databases as well as biometric reg with phone companies, this kind stuff still happens. What exactly is wrong with this country Nigeria?

Ask me

Re: We Paid Our Kidnappers ₦91M — Abuja Music Band Leader Recounts Ordeal by Fatbam005: 3:06pm On Jan 07

Tinubu no send anyone

Re: We Paid Our Kidnappers ₦91M — Abuja Music Band Leader Recounts Ordeal by Princedapace(m): 3:06pm On Jan 07

LoveLeadsLand:
With all the BVN and NIN databases as well as biometric reg with phone companies, this kind stuff still happens. What exactly is wrong with this country Nigeria?

What is wrong is that a country with multi ethnic nationalies cant run a unitary security system. This is wrong, Nigeria will continue to bleed because all her problem even from the first civil war has been about ethnic issue.
Why cant we just accept this? We can still live as one country but allow regions have total control of their security, borders, etc. This way, they can manage their security by them selves. The current security system has been compromised due to ethnic intetested. It is deep. Nigeria is finished.
Make una continue to be dragging ethnic pride of na my ethnic person dey rule. This guy who was kidnapped, his tribe is ruling Nigeria. This means that it doesnt matter whose tribe is ruling.
Nigeria has a fualty system. It is too large to be managed by a centralized security and government system.
Everything comes from Abuja as long as economy, and security is concerned. This is wrong.
Security should be decentralized down to the smallest village and let them handle sophiscated weapons and not the useless weapons u give to vigillantee. Omo, It is a pity that the masses will continue to pay for this until the masses them selves rise up to demand an end to the current system of govt which pays only thhe ruling class. We are all cowards.

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Re: We Paid Our Kidnappers ₦91M — Abuja Music Band Leader Recounts Ordeal by Ashirioluwa: 3:07pm On Jan 07

LoveLeadsLand:
With all the BVN and NIN databases as well as biometric reg with phone companies, this kind stuff still happens. What exactly is wrong with this country Nigeria?

They will trace them within days if it happens to any of their own relatives, but they don’t care when it happens to common Nigerians.

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Re: We Paid Our Kidnappers ₦91M — Abuja Music Band Leader Recounts Ordeal by tete7000(m): 3:07pm On Jan 07

Watinhapen:
Kidnapping has become a pandemic in Nigeria and the government is doing nothing about it.

When those in power kidnapped everyone.

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