I Urinated, Defecated On One Spot In Kidnappers’ Den – 65 Year Old Victim
A 67-year-old woman, Mrs. Florence Popoola, who was kidnapped at her residence in Ikere-Ekiti on September 14 and whisked away to an undisclosed destination, said that she urinated and defecated on the same spot she was tied while in captivity.
Mrs. Popoola disclosed that the suspects seized her phone and drove her out of Ikere via Ilawe before arriving on the outskirts of Awo, where she was held in captivity.
She said: “They stopped at a place in the bush and they asked my children to be looking for money, that they should pay N1.5 million for my freedom.
“They offered me food but I rejected their food; they beat hell out of me and insisted that I should eat. I was forced to eat but I vomited, I defecated and urinated in the same spot where I was tied down.
“When they discovered that security men were on the trail, they changed location and continued to beat me that I have put them in trouble.
“After my children paid the ransom, they were making moves to release me and they carried me on a bike to another unknown location.
“Some people coming from the church and night guards came to my rescue and assisted me in calling my family and it was around 9.00 pm that I breathed the air of freedom.”
Parading the suspects, the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Abdullahi Chafe, said that they were tracked down through the efforts of the anti-kidnapping unit of the police command.
He said that the suspected kidnappers, Adeoye Sunday (30), Adeusi Dare (26), Ogunlayi Seun (25), Bamigboye Damilola (27) and Ojo Tope (32), drove the woman to a thick forest in Awo-Ekiti and held her captive for four days.
A sum of N1.5 million, according to him, was collected as ransom from the families of the victim before letting her off the hook on September 18, when the Police closed in on them.
The police boss disclosed that N323,000, being the remainder of the ransom was recovered from the kidnappers.
Chafe, who was represented by the command’s spokesman, Alberto Adeyemi, revealed that the woman was abducted shortly after arriving from church and whisked away in her Nissan Sunny car with registration number AG 08 KER.
The suspects, who confessed to the crime, revealed that they had used part of the ransom collected to rent a two-bedroom flat and purchased other luxury items.
