Ondo monarch regains freedom after 3 days in kidnappers’ den

Three days after the Oniyani of Iyani Akoko, Oba Joel Daodu, was abducted by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers along Owo/Ikare- Akoko highway in Ondo State, the monarch has been set free.

According to reports, Oba Daodu who was kidnapped on the 16th of April, was found walking aimlessly by the roadside in Ayede-Ogbese, along Akure-Owo highway from where he was taken to a nearby police station by good Samaritans.

Read also: Demolition for Lagos-Ibadan rail line begins without compensation

His release was confirmed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Ondo State Governor, Segun Ajiboye, and the spokesman for the Ondo State Police Command, Mr. Femi Joseph.

The Ondo State PPRO who informed that the police were on the trail of the kidnappers did not state whether the monarch paid the ransom demanded by the kidnappers for his release.

The abductors had demanded for N5 million (five million) for his release, but after negotiation, reduced the ransom fee to N3 million (three million).

 

RipplesNigeria ….without borders, without fears

Click here to download the Ripples Nigeria App for latest updates

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