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.

Sarkin Malamai     Oba Abu     Mohammed Danjuma     Lanre Badmus     Abdulkarim Adisa     Arik     Razaq Atunwa     Femi Oladiji     Abdulwahab Oba     Madawaki Of Ilorin     Budo Egba     International Aviation College     Peter Obi     Kwara Liberation Group     Shehu Alimi Foundation For Peace And Development     Olatunji Moronfoye     Kehinde Baale     Olumide Daniel Ibitoye     Toyin Saraki     Sulyman Buhari     Haleeman Salman     Shettima     CACOVID     Muhammad Ghali Alaaya     Gaa Olobi     Crystal Corner Shops     Amos Bajeh     Monkey Pox     Ahmed Bayero     Abdulfatai Salman Baakini     Dauda Adesola     Shuaib Jawondo     Yusuf Aiyedun     Ohoro Of Shao     Ado Bayero     Harafat E. Mukadam     Mutawalle     Afonja Descendants Union     Abubakar Olusola Saraki     Owo Arugbo     Habeeb Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Micheal Imodu-Ganmo Road     Oyedepo     Mohammed Katsina Ahmed     Valsolar Consultoria     Ahmed     Oju Ekun Sarumi     Zaratu Umar     Age AbdulKareem     GGDSS Pakata     Amada Jidda     BECE     NURTW     Mustapha Olanipekun     Local Government     Damilola Yusuf Adelodun     Olaosebikan     Oyeyemi Olasumbo Florence     CBT     Rasheed Jimoh     Magaji Erubu     Ayobami Seriki     Dogara     Oni Adebayo     Oyun     Maimunat Oloriegbe     General Hospital, Ilorin     Moro     Ilorin West/Asa Federal Constituency     Aishat Mohammed Lawal     Abdulrahman Onikijipa     Ilorin.Info     Oba Of Jebba     Ita-Ore     Abdulkadir Akanbi-Oke     Segun Olawoyin     Chief Imam Of Ilorin    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Yahaya Dumoye     Ilorin Talaka Parapo (ITP)     Saidu Kawu     Oko-Erin     Garba Ado Sanni     NYSC     Special Agro-Industrial Hub     Ibrahim Abduquadri Abikan     Aliyu Kora Sabi     Raliat Elelu-Habeeb     Omu-aran     Nupe     Adebayo Salami     Arca Santa     Saheed Popoola     CACOVID     Olatunji Bamgbola     Tunde Saad     Abdullahi G. Mohammad     IF-K     Oloyede     Muslim Cementary     Turaki     Ibrahim Abdullahi     Bello Oyebanji     Monthly Sanitation Exercise     Abdul-Rahoof Bello     Mazars Consulting     Ahmed     Abdullahi AbdulMajeed     Abdulrazaq Akorede     Photo News     Oke-Oyi     Babatunde Ajeigbe     Kisira     Neo Mundo Ltd     Soffiyyallah Kamaldeen     Bursary     Baba Issa     JMK Construction Company Limited     Road Transport Employers Association Of Nigeria     Saduki Lafiagi     Ballah     Ilorin Amusement Park     UNILORIN Alumni Association     Al-Adaby     Sulyman Age AbdulKareem     Prince Sunday Fagbemi     Baboko Primary School     Sola Saraki Educational Foundation     Oro Grammar School     Roseline Oni Aremu     Allocation     Diagnostic Centre     Tsaragi     Abdulmajeed Wahab     Police Commissioner     Onilorin Of Ilorin     Idris Garuba     Hussein Olokooba     Ibrahim Sulu Gambari     Busari Toyin Isiaka     Otunba Taiwo Joseph     Aliyu U. Tilde     Moshood Kashimawo Abiola     Gbugbu     Adam Abdullahi Al-Ilory     07039448763     Kunle Akogun     Abdulrauf Yusuf     Deji Ajani     CCB     Mansurat Amuda-Kannike     Taofeeq Olateju     Kishira     Musa Yeketi     Sa\'adu Salau