The family of the abducted Lagos monarch, Oba Yushau Goriola Oseni, has said that an undisclosed amount was paid as ransom before his release on Saturday night.

The monarch’s son, Saheed Oseni, who confirmed the release, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the first class traditional ruler returned to his palace “hale and hearty”.

‎Oseni said the family had decided not to disclose the amount paid as ransom but confirmed that the family paid to secure the release of the kidnapped royal father.

“We paid an undisclosed amount for his ransom which the family sourced without the involvement of the Lagos State Government‎,” he said.

“I was involved in illegal bunkering. As this government stopped bunkering, our leaders arranged another group and this mission of the new group was to start kidnapping and use it to manage ourselves since we can’t do oil bunkering again.

We had to stop the business because of the renewed onslaught of government’s security agencies against us. I am a married man, I don’t have any job to do. We used to do security for those main guys and anytime they make about N500, 000 they will give us like N20,000,” he said.

Oseni, the Chairman, Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU),Lagos State University (LASU) Chapter, said the traditional ruler returned through the waterways around Iba expressway.

According to my father, the kidnappers had put him in a canoe and asked him to paddle it to the other side of the river‎, which he did.
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