Abducted Ekiti traveller killed, mother freed after N10m ransom payment

Abducted Ekiti traveller killed, mother freed after N10m ransom payment

In Ekiti State, one Shile Ogunmolasuyi, a fresh secondary school graduate, has been killed by kidnappers who abducted her.

The deceased was among the travellers kidnapped on Saturday along the Emure-Eporo Road in Emure, Ekiti State.

The victim was abducted alongside her mother, Mrs Yemi Ogunmolasuyi on their way to Akure.

The kidnappers later released Yemi and another woman, Caroline Taiwo, whose husband, Oluwole Taiwo, was killed during the abduction last week Wednesday.

Family members, who spoke with newsmen, disclosed that the victims were released after a N10m ransom was paid.

Shile was said to have been killed when she became crippled after she was viciously repeatedly raped by her captors.

“The kidnappers made them walk for 24 hours nonstop without food or water. Shile, who had been raped several times, became too weak to continue and was subsequently killed by the kidnappers,” a community leader, who spoke with one of the victims, said.

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The victims were ambushed and abducted around 5:30 PM on Saturday near Oyimo River, along the Emure-Eporo Road.

The kidnappers shot and killed Taiwo Oluwole, who was driving the car transporting the victims to Akure after an event in Emure.

Sources revealed that the kidnappers initially demanded a N30m ransom around 8 PM on Sunday.

However, the families were able to raise N10m, which was delivered at a spot on the Owo-Ikare-Benin Road in Owo, Ondo State.

The captives were later released around 1:30 AM on Wednesday in Owo.

“Efforts are reportedly underway to locate Shile’s body and recover her remains”, said one of the family members.

The Secretary of Emure Progressives Association, Niyi Awopetu, confirmed the release of the victims, stating, “Two people were released at midnight, but a girl among them was killed. I learnt the kidnappers collected N10m ransom.”

Abducted Ekiti traveller killed, mother freed after N10m ransom payment