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Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have again kidnapped no fewer than nine surveyors in Ondo State.
The surveyors were abducted by armed gunmen who were lurking in the bush while on site at Ilu-Abo axis in Akure North Local Council Area of the state, reports The Guardian.
According to the source, the kidnappers made contacts with some families of the victims and demanded N100 million for their release but was later reduced to N50 million after a series of pleas.
One of the sources, who craved anonymity, disclosed that N20 million had been raised, but the abductors turned it down as they insisted on the N50 million ransom.
Meanwhile, women in Akure, the state capital, today protested over the incessant kidnappings and killings as they hit the streets to demand the immediate stop to the development.
Converging on the residence of the Ejeminkin of Akure, High Chief Oluwole Omotayo, in the state capital, the protesters condemned the surge in the rate of kidnapping in the state in recent times.
While marching from Ijemikin to the Governor’s Office at Alagbaka, Akure, the protesters, who were mostly women, called on Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa to take quick and decisive actions in checking activities of kidnappers, killer Fulani herdsmen and other criminals who have penetrated the communities in the state.
Addressing the protesting women, the Special Adviser on Union Matters and Special Duties, Bola Taiwo, who spoke on behalf of the governor, blamed the nine kidnapped surveyors for going to the site without security operatives.
Taiwo, who blamed the surveyors for collecting huge money from their clients and failed to spend money on their security, alleged insiders of being the perpetrators of the abduction.”
