Barely four days after he was kidnapped by unknown gunmen, a community leader in Imope town, Ijebu-North Local Government Area of Ogun state, Tajudeen Omotayo, has been released.

The community leader popularly called Alademeta was released around 10pm on Tuesday by his abductors.

It was not clear whether the family of the community leader paid any ransom or not before he was released.

Our correspondent learnt that as at Tuesday afternoon, the abductors still insisted on collecting N100 million as ransom.

The unknown gunmen had abducted Omotayo on Saturday while coming back from a meeting from Ijebu-Ode.

The PUNCH had reported that the community leader was abducted while returning from Ijebu-Ode in his vehicle.

He was reportedly accosted at Oke -Eri area of Imope, pulled out and taken him away to an unknown destination, leaving his vehicle on the Ijebu–Ode–Oru–Ibadan Road.

However, a source in Imope town who pleaded anonymity had told our correspondent exclusively on Monday that the kidnappers have reached out to the family and demanded a sum of N200 million .

The source said after pleas by the family, the abductors reduced the ransom to N100 million.

Attempt to confirm the latest development on the release from the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, failed.

Oyeyemi did not answer several calls put across to him .

A source, who is a close partner to the community leader, told our correspodent that Omotayo has been released .

He said this in a short text sent to our correspodent, which reads, “Alademeta released and on the way home. Praise God.”


https://punchng.com/kidnapped-ogun-community-leader-regains-freedom/

OriginalOmoOgun:

Barely four days after he was kidnapped by unknown gunmen, a community leader in Imope town, Ijebu-North Local Government Area of Ogun state, Tajudeen Omotayo, has been released.

The community leader popularly called Alademeta was released around 10pm on Tuesday by his abductors.

It was not clear whether the family of the community leader paid any ransom or not before he was released.

Our correspondent learnt that as at Tuesday afternoon, the abductors still insisted on collecting N100 million as ransom.

The unknown gunmen had abducted Omotayo on Saturday while coming back from a meeting from Ijebu-Ode.

The PUNCH had reported that the community leader was abducted while returning from Ijebu-Ode in his vehicle.

He was reportedly accosted at Oke -Eri area of Imope, pulled out and taken him away to an unknown destination, leaving his vehicle on the Ijebu–Ode–Oru–Ibadan Road.

However, a source in Imope town who pleaded anonymity had told our correspondent exclusively on Monday that the kidnappers have reached out to the family and demanded a sum of N200 million .

The source said after pleas by the family, the abductors reduced the ransom to N100 million.

Attempt to confirm the latest development on the release from the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, failed.

Oyeyemi did not answer several calls put across to him .

A source, who is a close partner to the community leader, told our correspodent that Omotayo has been released .

He said this in a short text sent to our correspodent, which reads, “Alademeta released and on the way home. Praise God.”


https://punchng.com/kidnapped-ogun-community-leader-regains-freedom/

Yet some nonentity think the clamour for Oduduwa Nation is out of order.

Charmingrascal:



Yet some nonentity think the clamour for Oduduwa Nation is out of order.

How does Oduduwa Republic solve this crime? Or are you insinuating that the yet to be identified criminals are of a certain ethnicity?

Are you asserting that their is no criminal that is a Yorùbá person?

OriginalOmoOgun:


How does Oduduwa Republic solve this crime? Or are you insinuating that the yet to be identified criminals are of a certain ethnicity?

Are you asserting that their is no criminal that is a Yorùbá person?

Be fooling yourself there.