Breaking… Ex-SGF, Olu Falae kidnapped

A former secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Dr. Olu Falae has been kidnapped from his farm in Akure, Ondo State.

It was gathered that Falae, may have been abducted by herdsmen whom he had been having a running battles with on his farmland at Famo, Igbatoro, Akure.

The state’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr. Wole Ogodo, who confirmed the incident, said 50 mobile policemen have been deployed to the farm to search for him.

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Ogodo said, “Baba Falae has been have been having a running battle with the herdsmen and this morning, we learnt that he visited the farm and he was allegedly attack by these herdsmen. But we have sent 50 of our men to the farm to begin the search for him.”

Reports say his abductors are demanding a ransom of N100 million for his release.

Falae, a former minister of Finance during Gen. Ibrahim Babangida’s regime, was a presidential candidate who contested the 1999 Nigerian presidential elections on the joint platform of the Alliance for Democracy (AD) and the All People’s Party (APP).

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