Abductors demand 20 million naira for two hostages in Kwara
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Leadership
Abductors are demanding 20 million naira within 48 hours to release a 71-year-old farmer and his son, kidnapped on their way to their farm in Nigeria’s Kwara State. The family had raised only 1.3 million naira, according to a relative quoted by Leadership.
The abductors of Bamidele Mathew, a 71-year-old farmer from Kwara State, and his son are demanding 20 million naira and have given their family 48 hours to secure their release. The two men were abducted on Tuesday in the Idofin-Igbana area as they were travelling to their farm, the Nigerian daily Leadership reports.
The demand was made on Friday, the farmer’s eldest son, Sunday Ayanwale, confirmed. The family had raised only 300,000 naira through donations and planned to receive a contribution of 200,000 naira from each of the five children, bringing the total to 1.3 million naira.
The family reported the abduction to the Kwara State police commissioner and the traditional ruler of Odo-Owa. Forest rangers and local vigilante groups also searched for the hostages but failed to find them, according to Leadership. The farmer’s son, Kazeem, had escaped the attack by several armed men who emerged from a wooded area.
