Ayodeji Emmanuel: 24-year-old farmer regains freedom

SP Olugbenga Fadeyi

SP Olugbenga Fadeyi, Oyo State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO): says police is making frantic efforts to rescue kidnapped farmer Agboola.

SP Olugbenga Fadeyi, Oyo State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO): says police is making frantic efforts to rescue kidnapped farmer Agboola.

Ayodeji Emmanuel, the 24-year-old son of a poultry farmer, who was kidnapped on Monday in his father’s farm at Oke Odan, Apete area of Ibadan, has regained freedom.

Some gunmen stormed the poultry farm of the victim’s father at Oke Odan, Apete area around 5.00 p.m., and fired gunshots sporadically into the air before abducting him.

However, The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), CSP Olugbenga Fadeyi confirmed the release of the victim to newsmen on Friday in Ibadan.

Fadeyi said the victim was released by his abductors on Thursday and had been reunited with his family.

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He further said the release of the victim would not stop the police investigation into the case, adding that they were still on the trail of the abductors.

However, a member of the family, who declined to be mentioned because he is not authorized to do so, also confirmed the release of the victim, saying he was released around 7:15 p.m. on Thursday at Iseyin town, Oke-Ogun area of the state.

The family source did not disclose whether a ransom was paid to secure the release of the victim, although the kidnappers had demanded N100 million.

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