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An Ondo entrepreneur who returned from abroad to start farming, Mr. Olanrewaju Oyeleye, has said that he paid N25m ransom for his abductors to release him.

Olanrewaju said the money was paid in Ekiti State.

He and his farm manager were abducted at Oba-Ile area near the Akure Airport while he was going to his farm at Abo-Ashakin, Akure North local government area of Ondo State.

Recounting his experience after release, Olanrewaju said he was kidnapped the day his wife gave birth to twin.

Olanrewaju stated that it was a traumatic experience for his family because he spent five days in the kidnappers’ den.

He said his abductors were armed Fulani herdsmen who ambushed him and farm manager on a Friday morning.


“I was driving my Toyota Camry when I suddenly found the road barricaded by five to six armed men wielding AK-47 rifles.

“They shouted at me to stop but I attempted to reverse. Before I could react further, they opened fire on my car. The gunshots were relentless, I lost count of how many times they fired.

“Realising I could not escape, I eventually surrendered.

“The kidnappers dragged me and my companion into the dense forest, forcing us to walk all night to an unknown location.”


He said he was beaten and brutalised after he insisted he did not have up to N100m to pay as ransom.

His words: “They used cutlasses on my head and back for days. Every morning, they would start hitting me before they gave me a phone and forced me to call my family , demanding the money.

“The kidnappers, who referred to themselves as ‘the Mafia’, boasted that they feared no one, not even the military.”

What worsened his fears were the calls his abductors made to various individuals demanding supplies and weapons.

He said items were supplied at various places inside the forest for the kidnappers

“They don’t operate in isolation. They have a network and godfathers.

“After days of starvation, my captors provided only water once, which was unfit for human consumption. My family managed to negotiate the ransom down to ₦25 million which was delivered to Ise-Ekiti.

“I am now living in fear. Yesterday, as I was heading home, I was terrified. Today, stepping outside, I am still scared. If they could kidnap me in daylight, what could happen at night?”

Olanrewaju said impunity emboldened the kidnappers and called on government to overhaul security architecture, equip agencies with modern technology, and strengthen community policing

https://www.google.com/amp/s/thenationonlineng.net/paid-ransom-in-ekiti-says-abducted-ondo-farmer/amp/

Which leader would be bold enough to tackle these people? Nigerians are in real trouble

So this news item isn't important and doesn't deserve people's comments? Na wa o. Abi because SE, IPOB and Kanu weren't mentioned? Abi nobody see am

Tinubu has finally normalized herdsmen attack and kidnapping in Southwest...... And yet he has no plan how to tackle the challenge cos it's going worse..... Tinubu is surely F9 in security

Can any Igboman or a Yoruba man boldly go to any state in the north and set up a kidnapping camp? If that's not possible why are the Fulani allowed to set up and operate kidnapping camps all over the country?

Every eye witness confirms that it is Fulani doing this. Fulani that Buhari and El-rufai brought from Mali to destabilise GEJs government if he hadn't conceded 2015 elections. These boys were shipped all over Nigeria and settled in camps awaiting further instructions. GEJ surprised them by conceding so Buhari had no further use for these foreign Fulani. Instead of paying them off and sending them back, Buhari ignored them. These are the boys all over the country causing havoc.

But that doesn't matter. What matters is this. Why are the state governments not tackling this matter? From the interview above, it is clear that these Fulani boys have backers in Nigeria's security architecture. What else explains their confidence? But how long will state governments remain indecisive?

There is not one Fulani man that has been held to for all these killings. Not one! Yet our supreme court can sentence someone to death for just defending himself from a Fulani who tried killing him!

These people are doing what they are doing because the rest of the country has chosen the path of cowardice.

NIGERIA WE HAIL THEE!

The government said security have long improved. Meanwhile, the regular zombies are missing here.

tungamaje:
So this news item isn't important and doesn't deserve people's comments? Na wa o. Abi because SE, IPOB and Kanu weren't mentioned? Abi nobody see am

@helinues FreeStuffsng Biodun556 Yarimo BenueJosh

What is happening here

OK ,






it is the right of the citizens to be protected by their leaders.






Princess Faith Chukwu

Who in their right senses will come from abroad to invest home with these evils being allowed by governments of the day

Food is becoming expensive every day and the politicians are doing little to nothing to help the situation

If nothing is done, this trend will continue till eternity.

They don't get caught, it pays huge in just a few days, so why stop.

Safety is of the Lord, otherwise no one is safe in Nigeria

South West is now the new southern kaduna…. Fulani herdsmen Obi could have obliterated from existence within one year. If tinubu security can track and arrest innocent Nigerians who criticize him why can’t he use the same on herdsmen and bandits. Why is it that the government doesn’t track the phone numbers of police and military on patrol duty on the highways? Common sense does anybody believe you can do kidnapping successfully for years without connivance of security forces? Do people ask questions where recently retired military men make money to buy billions of naira worths of property in Abuja when even their 30 years salary cannot afford it?

How is he sure they are fulani herdsmen?

Did he see any cow?


According to babablu mentality, if you didn't see any cow, then it is not fulani herdsmen.

They are not Fulani, did you see any cows? 🐮

I thought southerners think they're safe? Fulanis are here in the southwest

This is getting messy, the government should swade into action to protect the lives of her citizens.

tungamaje:
Which leader would be bold enough to tackle these people? Nigerians are in real trouble

This must be old news from before APC change happened.
Don't believe those who are hell bent on damaging the reputation of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari and the brilliant political strategist who made him president to get his own turn at continuity.

Emergingnation:
Flashback: How Bola Tinubu spoke highly of Buhari in 2015, named PDP ‘Poverty Development Party

National leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu had during the presidential campaign in 2015, referred to President Muhammadu Buhari as the only solution for the security and economic challenges facing Nigeria.

During a mega presidential rally, the former governor of Lagos State recalled how some powerful nations in the world returned to army generals when they were challenged, saying “Major General Buhari would revive Nigeria’s economy”.

He named the current opposition People’s Democratic Party, PDP as the “Poverty Development Party saying they had nothing to offer.

His words at the time were; “Every nation has a period of their own challenges, when America was challenged, they turned to one great man, their ex-military general, General Eisenhower. When the French were challenged, they turned to their general, Charles de Gaulle.

“When Britain was challenged, they turned to their general. Today, Nigeria is economically and physically challenged so we turn to General Muhammadu Buhari. He is the right man for the job. If you talk about military experience, he has it abundantly, he has courage, simplicity, he has it abundantly.

“If you talk about great determination, a combination of vision and ability to perform, honesty and integrity, he has it abundantly.

“I laugh when the incapable government, ‘Poverty Development Party’ PDP were talking. They have nothing again to say, they now want to question the qualifications of General Buhari and look for his certificate”.

Following the manifestos in 2015 which projected the APC presidential candidate as a ‘saviour’, Buhari defeated the then incumbent president, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan with Nigerians expecting a total change in security and economy.

https://dailypost.ng/2021/09/01/flashback-how-bola-tinubu-spoke-highly-of-buhari-in-2015-named-pdp-poverty-development-party/

It is really crazy.

Same Fulani

Saao:
I thought southerners think they're safe? Fulanis are here in the southwest

Stop spreading rumours against our Fulani brothers.
They are the ones keeping us safe against Igbo kidnappers and terrorists, according to our Fulani asslicking Yorubalokan president.

Highways:
Where Are The Cows? Is Evans A Herdsman?'


When Funke Olakurin, daughter of Afenifere leader, Pa Reuben Fasoranti was murdered instead of Bola Tinubu to make sure that the perpetrators were brought to book, he ended up making fun of the death of the young lady by turning everything into tribalism by showing his hates for Igbos.


Tinubu has never spoken against the deadly activities of Fulani herdsmen across the country

https://twitter.com/i/status/1150428613751320577


Mrs Olakunrin died of gunshot wounds in July 2019 after her vehicle was attacked by armed men, suspected to be marauding Fulani bandits whose violent activities had reached a frightening level across the southwest states.


Those arrested suspects include Lawal Mazaje, 40, from Felele area of Kogi State; Adamu Adamu, 50, from Jada area of Adamawa State; Mohammed Usman, 26, from Illela area of Sokoto State and Auwal Abubakar, 25, from Shinkafi area of Zamfara State....

However, the leader of the team, identified only as Tambaya, and three others are yet to be found.

Tambaya has been declared wanted by the police and he is said to be capable of communicating in Hausa, Fulfude and Pidgin English.

https://www.timesng.com/news/top-news/388382-afenifere-police-speak-on-arrest-of-alleged-killers-of-fasorantis-daughter.html

tungamaje:
Which leader would be bold enough to tackle these people? Nigerians are in real trouble

Una no dey hear word
E be like say Una no understand plain English!

You no hear when He talk say the criminals have network and Godfathers

Nigeria is finished

It means that Most of the appointed and elected leaders are actively involved in these cruel heinous hideous acts of violence

obinna58:
Food is becoming expensive every day and the politicians are doing little to nothing to help the situation

Is Akpabio not a politician?
He is doing a lot to help the situation, by giving advice like the one below.

Omicronvaccine:
Wherever You See Free Food, Eat It - Nigerian Senate President, Senator Akpabio Advises Nigerians


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIdtxSZDQoY

The only panacea is for Tinubu to order shoot at sight any kidnapper caught. Needless interrogating him.

This what has kept Ghana clean from these vampires. You are shot immediately if caught anywhere in Ghana.

Let's be more serious adopt this policy and see the after effects.

Enough is enough 😉

tungamaje:
So this news item isn't important and doesn't deserve people's comments? Na wa o. Abi because SE, IPOB and Kanu weren't mentioned? Abi nobody see am

Change the headline to; Obi, IPOB or SE.
Unscrupulous misguided miscreants will rush it.

It is well.Thank God for his mercies.It a shame what is happening

I will advice you if you still have the means to relocate back to abroad. No matter whatever anyone is saying, just know that nigerian is not safe at all.
Everybody for himself God for us all, it is only God that is the sure protection now

Jerrymanta:



https://www.google.com/amp/s/thenationonlineng.net/paid-ransom-in-ekiti-says-abducted-ondo-farmer/amp/

fake news

Failure of governance.

APC must be removed if Nigeria is to survive