It is a tradition that when kidnappers get ransom they free the victim.
Reverse is the case in Gbonyin Local Government Area of Ekiti State, as kidnappers failed to release victims two weeks after ransom had been paid.
This development has thrown family and friends of the victims into serious concern as they weren’t sure about the well-being of the victims.
The victims are Fagbemi Abayomi from Ilupeju-Ekiti and Ojo Musa from Kogi State but both based in Aisegba Ekiti.
The duo were kidnapped at gunpoint between Ilu-Omoba and Aisegba Ekiti few weeks back.
According to wife of one of the victims, Mrs Fagbemi the abductors contacted her on telephone to demand for a ransom of 15m but which was later reduced to 10m a day after.
She noted that after much begging, the abductors agreed to take 1m from her for her husband while they agreed to take two million from the families of the other victim.
Mrs Fagbemi said both families were shocked after ransom were paid and the victims were not released going to two weeks now.
She regretted that the family laboured hard to raise the money, with their hopes now being dashed by the adamant posture of the captors.
“It is now two weeks after we paid the ransom, my husband has not been freed. This is eliciting serious threat, panic and tension in our town and family.
“Most traumatising was the fact that we have not been able to reach him on telephone for one and half weeks now. The number the kidnappers were using to reach out to us had been switched off”.
The family appealed to the Amotekun Corps and the Ekiti State Police Command to upscale their searches around Aisegba-Agbado-Imesi Irun and Aisegba-Agbado-Ise forests to rescue the victim from the captors.
When contacted, the Public Relations Officer of the Ekiti State Police Command, DSP Sunday Abutu promised to get back but yet to reach out to our Correspondent as at the time of this publication.
The Commander Amotekun Corps, Retired, Brigadier General, Olu Adewa said the command is making frantic efforts to rescue the victims.
