President of the Afenifere National Youth Council, Prince Eniola Ojajuni, shares his experience in the hands of kidnappers who held him captive for 12 days, received large sum in cash without being detected.
In his words: “I spent 12 days in captivity. There were nine victims in total: four, including me, were seized from the commercial bus that was taking me to Abuja, while five others were abducted from another vehicle.
“According to the information available, the driver of another vehicle sustained injuries, and some people were killed in that vehicle.
“The kidnappers told us it was just a coincidence that we were kidnapped because they were only targeting a popular transporter bus”.
He explained that the kidnappers came out of the bush, adding “there were about 10 of them, all fully armed with AK-47 rifles. Nine of them wore military uniforms, and they were all masked. One of them, who acted as their commander, was the one negotiating with my family.”
On how the kidnappers able to receivea large sum in cash without being detected, he said: “kidnapping is a well-organised crime, and they collected some of the ransoms very close to the checkpoint.
“The first ransom was paid near Kabba Prison, at the back of Kabba. They instructed the family of the victim to stop at the checkpoint and to buy food from a woman selling near Kabba.
“After passing the woman, they were to drive for another five minutes to the checkpoint. The kidnappers always collected their money behind that checkpoint.”
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