An orthopaedic surgeon at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Prof. Olayinka Adegbehingbe, who was kidnapped on Sunday, said that N5.045m was paid to secure his release.at his residence on the university campus.According to him, the kidnappers had demanded for N30m and later collected N5.045m for his release after much negotiation.
“The people who abducted me were Fulani herdsmen and they had four guns and multiple rounds of ammunition as well as different dangerous weapons, ” he said. President of the Nigeria Medical Association in Osun State, Prof. Oluwole Komolafe, expressed gratitude to God for the release of Adegbehingbe.
And the police could not trace them and arrest them? This is terrible and sad
Where did he get the money in such a short notice there was never a kidnap in the first place the man is a fraud
He said it was herdsmen who kidnapped him and took 5m from him before he was released.. It is over in Nigeria..
The scammers being scammed
AsiwajuOladimej What an orphanage country! The kidnapping rate is alarming while the IGP is loosing weight but nothing is stopping the bad acts. So sad I'm a citizen here
Kidnapping is obviously a multi million naira economy now...too bad Govt can't collect taxes from this sector 👀
How many years did it take u to gather such money? Country wey no get leader.
Hmm! Kidnappers' eyes may be on lecturers, because this singular action may tell them that there is money there. May God secure this country. Ameen.
They want some of the huge monies pay to professors on the fraudlent 2019 Elections duties 😁😂😂🤣🤣
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