Kwara Monarch's Killers Demand N40m Ransom for Release of Abducted Wife

Date: 2024-02-05

Unknown gunmen, who killed Oba Olusegun Aremu-Cole, Olukoro of Koro-Ekiti in the Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State have reportedly reached out to the family of the late monarch demanding a ransom of N40m for the release of the abducted monarch's wife and one other member of the family.

The monarch was shot dead at his palace on Thursday while his wife and two members of the family were abducted in the community, though one of the captives was reported to have been released owing to old age.

The gunmen had earlier placed N100m ransom on the three victims but have now reduced it to N40m, according to reports reaching DAILY POST.

Chairman of the Transition Implementation Committee (TIC) in Ekiti Local Government Council of Kwara State, Chief Kehinde Bayode, in a chat with reporters, also said that a suspect was apprehended in Eruku town on Sunday.

Efforts to reach the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the State Police Command, Ejire-Adeyemi Toun, for confirmation of the arrest of a suspect did not yield positive results.

However, it was gathered that the state police commissioner, Victor Olaiya, has deployed a tactical team to Koro-Ekiti in collaboration with other security agencies to fish out the perpetrators and rescue the abducted victims.

The council chairman, while speaking on efforts made to free the abducted wife of the monarch and the other person, said that “the kidnappers had got in touch with the family demanding N100m ransom which has now been reduced to N40 million.”

“We are still negotiating with them and right now, I'm on my way to Koro to get the latest information on the negotiation. We will continue to brief you as the situation unfolds and we will keep you posted,” he added.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Wahab Agbaje     Sherif Shagaya     Osuwa     Shonga     Law School Scholarship     Justina Oha     Femi Agbaje     Elewu     Segun Adeniyi     Victor Gbenga Yusuf     KWASEIC     Kwara Apc     Odogun Olushola Gabriel     Ghali Muhammed     Afolasade Opeyemi Kemi     Erubu     Kwara State Fire Service     Temitope Ogunbanke     Abdulwaheed Musa     Press Release     V.O. Abioye     James Kolo     Sa\'ad Alanamu     Ilorin International Airport     Government High School Adeta     National Information Technology Development Agency     Abdulfatah Ahmed     Shehu Jimoh     Omoniyi M. Ayinla     Olaitan Adefila     Oba Mogaji Abdulkadir     Yusuf Lanre Badmas     Gambari     Henry Olaosebikan     NYSC     Sunset Workers     Quranic Recitation Competition     Lanwa     SARS     Amule     Ladi Hassan     Umar Ayinla Saro     Dauda Adeniran Adeshola     Kwara TV     Aminu Ado Bayero     Ahmad Belgore     Otuka     Kwara Pdp     Olatomiwa Williams     Taofeek Ibraheem     Abubakar Lah     Muritala Awodun     Aso Ofi     Omu-aran     Salami Adekunle     Ibrahim Abdullahi     Park     Diagnostic Centre     Issa Memunat Moyosore     Abdulquowiyu Olododo     Maimunat Oniyangi     Falokun-Oja     Eghe Igbinehin     Ojuekun     Saliu Ajibola Ajia     Toun Okewale-Sonaiya     Ilorin Like-Minds     Royal FM     Turaki Of Ilorin     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants     Kwabes     YAKOOYO     Harmony Holdings     Awodun     Abdullahi Saadudeen Alikinla     Yakubu Gobir     Deji Ajani    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Ibrahim Bio     Offa     Adanla-Irese     Okasanmi Ajayi     Folashade Omoniyi     Saka Adeyemo     Sheikh Alimi     Adamu B. Yaqubu     Veterinary Teaching Hospital     Air Peace     Okin Biscuit     Yemi Sanni     Donatus Ejidike     Kwara State Printing And Publishing Corporation     Chemiroy Nigeria Limited     Olufolake Abdulrazaq     JSSCE     Quareeb Islamic Association     Gwanara     Doyin Awoyale     Principal Private Secretary     Chikanda     Bashir Badawi     Aliyu Muhammad Saifudeen     Al-Ilory     Afusat Nike Ibrahim     Abdulfatai Salman Baakini     Ojuekun     Shuaib Boni Aliyu     Amosa     Opolo Global Innovation Limited     Lanre Jimoh     Muhammad Akande Olarewaju Odunade     Ibrahim Mohammed     Olofa Of Offa     Sulu Gambari     Marufat Oladosu     EFCC     Muhammed Mahe Abdulkadir     Abdulkadri Ahmad Alaiye     Alapansapa     Salihu Ajia     Maigida Soludero Transit     Federal Polytechnic Offa     Mustapha Olanipekun     Gbemi Saraki     Agor Market     Computer Based Test     Balikis Jawondo     Atunwa     Ariyo     Ibraheem Abdullateef     Siraj Oyewale     M.Y. Abdulrahaman     Amuda Musbau     Ilorin Emirate Stakeholders Forum     Barakat Community Secondary School     Bayo Ojo     Ahmed Idris Mohammed     Odogun Olushola Gabriel     Esinrogunjo     Standard Organization Of Nigeria     Noah Yusuf     Osuwa     Kunle Suleiman     Ezekiel Yissa Benjamin     Ilorin Likeminds Foundation     Yaru     Isaac Gbenle     Kehinde Boyede     Aliyu Olatunji Ajanaku     Ishola Abdullahi     Nnazua     Abdulrasheed Na\'Allah     Amule     Apata Ajele Secondary School     Kwara 2015