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Abducted Anglican priest, Canon Olowolagba, who was kidnapped alongside his wife, and two children has regained freedom.

The family was kidnapped on Sunday, December 22, along Ise Akoko-Iboropa road in Akoko North-East Local Government Area of Ondo State.

Earlier, the Bishop of Akoko Anglican Diocese, Babajide Bada, who confirmed the incident on Saturday, said the abductors demanded N75m ransom.

Bada said, “The unfortunate incident happened on Sunday between 4 pm and 5:30 pm. The man involved is Reverend Olowolagba. He was travelling from Ipesi with his wife, Mrs Olowolagba, and their 16-year-old daughter, Goodness Olowolagba, a 100-level student of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba- Akoko, who came for a holiday, and a nine-year-old girl staying with them, identified as Idowu.

“They drove from Ipesi through Isua Akoko; they were kidnapped between Isua and Ise-Akoko. We did not know about the incident until the following morning when their members discovered that they didn’t get to Ikaram, where they were going, as they were not also at home.

“Since then, those who kidnapped them have been calling. They earlier called to ask for N10m, but when we gathered some money to give to them, they changed the amount to N75m. That is why the victims are still in captivity.”

However, the family was released by their captors late Saturday.

Though details of their release were still sketchy as of the time of filing this report, the commander of state Amotekun Corps, Adetunji Adeleye, confirmed that the family had regained their freedom.

“The pastor and family have been released,” Adeleye said.

https://punchng.com/abducted-ondo-pastor-wife-kids-regain-freedom/?amp

yoruboid:
Abducted Anglican priest, Canon Olowolagba, who was kidnapped alongside his wife, and two children has regained freedom.

The family was kidnapped on Sunday, December 22, along Ise Akoko-Iboropa road in Akoko North-East Local Government Area of Ondo State.

Earlier, the Bishop of Akoko Anglican Diocese, Babajide Bada, who confirmed the incident on Saturday, said the abductors demanded N75m ransom.

Bada said, “The unfortunate incident happened on Sunday between 4 pm and 5:30 pm. The man involved is Reverend Olowolagba. He was travelling from Ipesi with his wife, Mrs Olowolagba, and their 16-year-old daughter, Goodness Olowolagba, a 100-level student of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba- Akoko, who came for a holiday, and a nine-year-old girl staying with them, identified as Idowu.

“They drove from Ipesi through Isua Akoko; they were kidnapped between Isua and Ise-Akoko. We did not know about the incident until the following morning when their members discovered that they didn’t get to Ikaram, where they were going, as they were not also at home.

“Since then, those who kidnapped them have been calling. They earlier called to ask for N10m, but when we gathered some money to give to them, they changed the amount to N75m. That is why the victims are still in captivity.”

However, the family was released by their captors late Saturday.

Though details of their release were still sketchy as of the time of filing this report, the commander of state Amotekun Corps, Adetunji Adeleye, confirmed that the family had regained their freedom.

“The pastor and family have been released,” Adeleye said.

https://punchng.com/abducted-ondo-pastor-wife-kids-regain-freedom/?amp

Tinubu go favor me 😂

Good news

rinzaugustine:
Tinubu go favor me 😂

At least they were freed. Kudos to Amotekun and that’s why we need a regional government with our regional police

Any word about the reverend, the two families and house of assembly member kidnapped within your five plots last week?

Nice one...

yoruboid:
At least they were freed. Kudos to Amotekun and that’s why we need a regional government with our regional police

Any word about the reverend, the two families and house of assembly member kidnapped within your five plots last week?

lAmotekun after paying millions for freedom if true means amotekun is really a useless outfit in a wasteland. My 5 plots of Land in our Lagos is safe and secured. I am not an IG of police or comander in Chief whose duties are those as common sense would have told you to direct the question to incompetent emilokan content creator and his owambe dancing IG of police egbetokun…fool couldn’t even secure his people not to talk of Nigerians..smh

Tinubu should at least secure SW since he can’t secure Nigeria . What is the essence of answering president if you can’t do the basic thing a president is supposed to do?

This is why I support sharia law for all my yaribariba brothers and sisters. If there was sharia the kidnappers would not have tried this rubbish.

Good news

Nigeria is gone to the kidnappers. What A lucrative job