Abiodun Nejo, Ado EkitiThe Police in Ekiti State said on Saturday that the two officials of the Emure Local Government Area of the state, who were kidnapped by gunmen on Wednesday night had regained their freedom. The two council staff, Pastor A. Onaade, an administrative officer and Dr. O. Fashina, a primary healthcare official, were kidnapped along Ikere – Ise – Emure Road while returning to Ado Ekiti. However, an accountant with the local government, Mr Abayomi Ajayi, was on the occasion shot dead by the gunmen who took the two council officials into captivity and demanded N10 million each as ransom from families of the two kidnap victims. Police Public Relations Office for Ekiti State Command, DSP Caleb Ikechukwu, told journalists that the captives were freed from their abductors by the police. Ikechukwu said: “The Commissioner of Police, Mr Asuquo Amba, had visited the kidnap victims in their respective homes.

Source: Punch January 05, 2019 17:48 UTC