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Woman dies after escaping from kidnappers

The Ekiti State Police Command has said that one of the five persons allegedly abducted by gunmen in the state on Tuesday has died.

The state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Sotonye Wakama, made the disclosure while addressing journalists in Ado Ekiti, the state capital, on Friday.

The CP said an engineer working with an Abuja-based construction firm, Mr. Tola Dakuna, with two officials of First Bank Plc., Fidelia Nnaji and one Njideka, and two others suspected to be students of Federal University Oye Ekiti, were also involved.

Wakama explained that the woman, who was unable to walk when released by the abductors, died of dehydration, having been starved of food and water.

They were said to have been held hostage by the abductors for  three days.

Wakama hinted that Dakuna was  supervising some projects in Ekiti State.

Friday Raleigh, Dakuna’s driver, said the victims were kidnapped  between Ifaki and Oye Ekiti by the gunmen.

He added that the kidnappers had earlier contacted the First Bank District Manager in Akure and another engineer with the Abuja-based firm, demanding N30m ransom each for the hostages.

The relatives of the victims were expected to drop the ransom at a block industry in Ifaki Ekiti when the police swooped on them and rescued the victims.

Wakama explained that the criminals released the hostages after the command deployed some men to comb the surrounding bush.

The Police Commissioner said, “As explained by Mr. Dakuna’s driver, they were coming from Akure to Oye Ekiti in a  Sienna car when the men of the underworld started trailing their vehicle.

“They were later taken into the bush where they were held hostage for three days. They asked Mr. Dakuna for money suggesting that they were acting on information,” he said.

 

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