A 28-year-old man, Ayodele Olaoye, who was
allegedly kidnapped by a lady, Esther Phillips,
he met at a Club in Opebi, Lagos, has narrated
his ordeal before an Ikeja High Court.
Esther was said to have conspired with six
others to commit the alleged offence.The
other suspects are Patricia Nna, Kingsley
Okonwa, Osita Adigwe, Uzochukwu Ezioha,
Jude Sunday and Michael Olarenwaju, who are
being prosecuted by the Lagos State
Directorate of Public Prosecution, DPP.
The seven defendants who were arraigned on
March 5 are facing a five-count charge of
conspiracy, armed robbery, kidnapping and
neglect to prevent felony.
Led in evidence by Mr Ade Ipaye, Attorney
General of Lagos State and Commissioner for
Justice, Olaoye said he had taken the accused
to bed twice since they met in February 2012
and they became friends.
Olaoye, who said he came back into the
country in December 2011, after his graduation
from a university in England, said the first
defendant gave her name as Jenny and
claimed to be a student of Lagos State
University, LASU.
Olaoye who was testifying at the trial of the
seven kidnap suspects before Justice Olabisi
Akinlade, said on April 22, 2012, at about 4
p.m, which was on a Sunday, the first
defendant asked him to follow her to her
hostel in LASU and he agreed because he
trusted her.
How I was kidnapped
Olaoye said he drove his Nissan Muranno SUV
and picked Philips up at a first generation
bank in Opebi and they moved towards LASU
with Phillips giving the directions that he
should go and pick her friend, the second
defendant, whom he said gave her name as
Juliet.
He said after they had picked up Nna, the
second defendant at Dopemu, Philips told him
that the lady was her school mate.
According to him, after driving for sometime,
they told me to stop at an isolated place
because they were pressed, adding that
immediately he stopped the car, three men,
Okonwa, Adigwe and Ezioha, entered his car
through the back door.
He said the defendants who were armed with a
battle axe and knives dragged him to the back
seat and took his mobile phone, wrist watch,
necklace and money.
Olaoye said he was tied up, blindfolded and
taken to an unknown destination by the first
to fifth accused persons who told him to
cooperate or they would kill him, adding that
they took his phone and called his mum first
to inform her that he was in a cage.
The ransom
The plaintiff said after speaking with his mum,
they also called his father and told him that he
was in a cage and demanded a ransom of $
400,000.
He said Phillips specifically told him to try and
convince his parents to pay the money or the
guys would kill him.
Olaoye said he was incarcerated for four days,
adding that the defendants collected N5
million ransom from his parents.
According to him, his father, Mr Segun Olaoye,
paid N5 million to them which they shared
among themselves.
My escape
He said it was while they were sharing the
money that he was able to sneak out of the
house where he was being held and took a
motorcycle to his father’s office in Gowon
Estate in Iyana-Ipaja.
After which he wrote a statement at the Police
station but he couldn’t remember the exact
date or the particular police station.
However, the matter has been adjourned. SOURCE...liveofofo.com/35720/how-i-was-kidnapped-by-a-club-girl-in-ikeja-victim-narrates-story/