KAMARUDEEN OGUNDELE
Kidnappers are demanding for a ransom of N20m after abducting a director in Ekiti State Civil Service, Olaniyi Ibidunmoye.
Ibidunmoye was kidnapped on Wednesday in Ibillo, Edo State, while returning from a pastoral meeting of his church in Abuja.
He is a director in the Office of Ekiti State Surveyor General and also a pastor in Agape Christian Ministries.
The kidnappers initially took him away in his Lexus Sport Utility Vehicle, which they later abandoned before taking him away in another car.
His family said the kidnappers had contacted them demanding for a ransom of N20m.
A source close to the family said, “He was kidnapped on Wednesday and the abductors have established contact with the family demanding a ransom of N20 million. The family has been going through emotional trauma since his abduction. The wife is traumatised and disconsolate.
“We are pleading with his captors to release him unconditionally and allow him to reunite with his family. He is a civil servant and a man of God. We are begging them to release him for the sake of his wife and children. There is no way a salary earner can get N20m; civil servants are being owed.”
When contacted, the Ekiti Police Command spokesman, Alberto Adeyemi, said he was not aware of the incident but would contact his colleague in Edo state.
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