Kidnappers of Osun officials yet to demand ransom – HoS
Security agencies are working to ensure
the safe release of Osun State Government officials who were abducted by
some gunmen in Kogi State on Friday.
Sources told our correspondent in Osogbo
on Saturday that security agencies in Kogi State had swung into action
to ensure the release of the Ministry of Finance, Mrs. Adebimpe
Ogunlumade; Director, State Audit, Mr. Tajudeen Badejoko and their
driver, Mr. Oladapo Arogundade.
A civil servant, who spoke on condition
of anonymity, told our correspondent that the kidnappers had established
contact with the families of their captives and the Osun State
government.
He added that an undisclosed amount of money had been demanded, noting that the officials might be released soon.
Responding to the issue of ransom being
demanded, the Head of Service in Osun State, Mr. Sunday Owoeye, said it
was not true that the abductors had demanded ransom to free the abducted
officials.
“Haba! Far from the truth,” Owoeye stated.
According to him, security agents have
taken over the move to free the abducted officials and directed our
correspondent to the governor’s media aide, Mr. Semiu Okanlawon.
The three officials were returning from
Abuja when hoodlums accosted them between Obajana and Lokoja in Kogi
State and whisked them away to an unknown destination.
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