A traditional Chief in Ijan-Ekiti in Gbonyin Local Government Area of Ekiti State, Chief Emmanuel Obafemi and two other kidnapped cocoa merchants have been freed by kidnappers after paying a cumulative sum of N4 million as ransom.
They were said to have been released along Ikere Road around 3:00 a.m. yesterday and had been reunited with their families.
Obafemi was abducted on his farm located along Ado-Ijan Road last Thursday and taken to an unknown destination.
The two cocoa merchants, who are residents of a farmstead called Ilupeju-Ijan, were picked up on Saturday along Ijan-Ise Road. A family source confided in reporters in Ado-Ekiti yesterday that Obafemi paid the sum of N2 million before being let off the hook.
“I confirm to you that Chief Obafemi paid N2 million while the two other cocoa merchants paid another N2 million before they were released around 3:00 a.m. yesterday.”
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