KIDNAPPERS of former Chief Pharmacist with Ekiti State Ministry of Health, Chief Israel Bamisaye have left off the hook their victim after collecting N4.5m as ransom.
It was gathered that the kidnappers who demanded N10m ransom later agreed to collect N4.5m as ransom after days of negotiation.
A family source confirmed to journalists yesterday, that the victim paid a sum of N4.5m ransom to regain freedom.
Bamisaye was kidnapped last Thursday by seven gun-wielding men in his farm located between Ero Dam and the Ekiti State farm settlement located at Orin Ekiti, Ido/Osi Local Government Area of Ekiti State.
The source said: “The Pharmacist paid N4.5m ransom. The initial amount was a sum N10m, but it was negotiated to that level”.
However, the Police Public Relations Officer, Ekiti Command, DSP Sunday Abutu, who confirmed his release , said the man was let off the hook around 10pm on Friday’s evening.
Abutu said the abductee was released at Obbo Ayegunle, a border town in Kwara State.”He was freed at Obbo Ayegunle in Kwara State. Our men and the local hunters as well as Amotekun operatives were inside the bush searching for him for over 27 hours before he was located.
He added: “Our people would have to be security conscious. That is the first thing to do to get rid of criminals.They should also give the police and other security agencies good information that we can work with, we can’t do it alone”, Abutu stated.