Police confirms release of woman abducted with Ekiti commissioner

The Ekiti State Police Command Friday confirmed the release of a woman abducted along with the state Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr. Olabode Folorunsho.

The command spokesman, Sunday Abutu told journalists in Ado Ekiti that while the woman was freed by the hoodlums on Thursday, the commissioner was still in captivity.

According to Abutu, the woman was released in a forest somewhere in Kwara.

He said: “The only information we have for now is that the woman kidnapped with the commissioner has been released.

“She was released inside a forest in Kwara and was said to have found her way to the main road, where she got help.

“As of now, the commissioner is still with the kidnappers while the police and other security agencies are doing their best to bring him home safe and sound.”

He assured that efforts were being intensified to ensure the release of the commissioner.

The woman was the third occupant of a car conveying the commissioner before they were attacked along Isan Ekiti to Iludun Ekiti road.

The driver of the car, a serving local government councillor was killed while the commissioner and the woman were abducted by the gunmen.

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The abductors later contacted the family of the commissioner and demanded N30 million ransom.

However, this was later reduced to N15 million.

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