Kidnappers demand N6m ransom each for twins kidnapped in Ekiti

The Ekiti State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of two persons, said to be twins, while they were travelling on Sunday.

The General Secretary of the Alumni Association of Christ School, Ado Ekiti, Mr Ayo Oladele, was kidnapped earlier on Saturday in the state.

Public Relations Officer of the Ekiti State Police Command, DSP. Caleb Ikechukwu, while confirming the incidents in Ado Ekiti on Monday, said the cases had been reported to the police.

He said that police operatives were doing their best to rescue the abducted persons.

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“The command is aware of the kidnap incidents along that route. We have deployed our resources particularly our personnel to be on the trail of these evil doers.

“We are doing our best to ensure that we locate them and set them free. Our concern is to free them and also arrest the evil men and bring them to justice.

“Even if the families failed to tell us, we still must be seen as doing our work, since the police is already aware of the incidents,” the spokesman said.

The abducted twins, identified as Kehinde and Taiwo Olowoafara, were allegedly abducted at a notorious path along the Aramoko-Erio-Efon Alaaye Road in Ekiti.

A family source said the abductors of the twins, had already reached out to the family, demanding six million each for the duo to be released.

Oladele’s family on their part said that the kidnappers were demanding N10 million for their son to be set free.

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