I was beaten, threatened by my abductors – Corps member

Onyiwara Faith, the corps member who was rescued from kidnappers’ den in the early hours of on Tuesday by teams of policemen led by the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu , has revealed her ordeals in the hands of the bandits.

Onyiwara said she was beaten and threatened by her abductors during her four days in captivity.

The corps member, who was posted to AB and C farms in Ilamija Nla area of Epe, Lagos, was abducted on her way to the Community Development Service (CDS) meeting last Friday by some armed men.

Hours later, the corps member’s abductors contacted her employers on phone and demanded N5 million ransom for her release.

READ ALSO: APC’s Ekere asks Supreme Court to nullify Gov Emmanuel’s election victory

However, two days into the negotiation, the state police command was able to trace the kidnappers’ den to a swampy forest around Ilamija Nla, Epe.

She said: ” I was going to the CDS with my colleagues when I was abducted by four boys. Two of them had guns while the rest had cutlasses. They left my colleagues and took me inside the bush. They left me in the cold. I was beaten and threatened to be killed. I stayed there for four days. On the fifth day, we heard sounds of gunshots and they ran away. About two of them brought me out towards the farm’s direction, left me and ran back inside the bush. That is all I could recall.”

Join the conversation

Opinions

Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism

Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.

As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.

If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.

Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.

Donate Now