The men who kidnapped the Commissioner for Agriculture in Ekiti State, Mr Folorunso Olabode, have contacted the family and requested for N30 million ransom.
Olabode was kidnapped by unknown gunmen on Sunday evening, April 26, along Isan-Iludun road at Ilejemeje local government area.
During the kidnap, a councillor in his car, Olatunji Omotosho, was shot dead, while the commissioner was kidnapped alongside another occupant in the car, a woman.
A family source told journalists in Ado- Ekiti on Monday that the kidnappers have called to demand N30 million before the commissioner can be released.
The source said, “The entire Iye-Ekiti is troubled now, we are worried and we have started negotiation with the abductors. We pray they release him safe and sound.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Ekiti Command, Mr Sunday Abutu, said the police and other security networks are combing the forests where bandits keep their victims hostage.
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