According to
Premium Times the abductors of a former Minister, Iyabo Anisulowo, have
demanded the payment of N200 million as ransom for her release.
The former
minister was on Wednesday kidnapped along the Sawonjo/Iganokoto road in Yewa
area of her home state of Ogun.
Her
abductors contacted the family by phone on Friday night demanding the payment
and the abductors were using the former minister's mobile phone number to
communicate. The family were negotiating with the unnamed callers at the time
of this report and our sources said.
The police
in Ogun said they were conducting forensic investigation into the kidnap
following the recovery of the victim's car and other belongings.
Mrs.
Anisulowo was taken away by her abductors in her SUV.
Meanwhile,
the Ogun State commissioner of police, Abdulmajid Ali, and some other senior
officers of the command have relocated to Ilaro, Ogun State, for the rescue
operation.
The
spokesperson for the command, Muyiwa Adejobi, assured that the victim would be
rescued alive.
"The
command wishes to inform the general public that the police have some clues as
the Toyota SUV of the victim, with Reg No Lagos LSD 115 AM, and some items have
been recovered, and this will definitely catalyse the forensic investigation
into the matter and immediate rescue of the victim," Mr. Adejobi said in a
statement on Friday.
He added
that the commissioner of police, deputy commissioner of police in Department of
Criminal Investigation and Intelligence, assistant commissioner of police in
Operations, officers in charge of Special Anti-Robbery and the Kidnapping
Squads, officers and men of the State Intelligence Bureau and Police Mobile
Force, ICT Experts, have been on their toes and working assiduously to make
sure the victim is rescued unhurt and the perpetrators are apprehended.
"The
Command detectives are also presently working with other security agencies and
special teams from the office of the Inspector General of Police, Force
Headquarters, Abuja to recue Senator Iyabo Anisulowo without delay," the
statement emphasised.
"In
addition, in the spirit of adequate supervision, the Assistant Inspector
General of Police in charge of Zone 2 Command, AIG Bala Hassan, visited the
scene of crime on Thursday and met with the officers and men detailed for the
operations on the adopted strategies."
Is N200 Million easy to raise? Not N200 naira o, not N200 thousand naira o, N200 million naira. Haba. I am wondering. N200 Million bucks is not pure water. God help us.
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