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An undergraduate of the Lagos State Polytechnic, Marvelous Omobobola, who was captured by a kidnap syndicate in the state, has been released after N200,000 ransom was paid by his family members.
Recounting his experience the 28 years old said he was on his way back from school after signing his SIWES form when he boarded a tricycle from his School to Odogunyan where he resides .
In his remarks: “I went to school on Saturday to sign my SIWES form because we were to start exams on Monday.
“When I was done around 5pm, I boarded a tricycle from my school to my hostel in Odogunyan. There was traffic along the way so the tricycle operator diverted into a street.
“We were three at the back of the tricycle and one man sat beside the tricycle operator at the front. We asked why he left the road and he told us it was because of the traffic.
“Suddenly, the tricycle operator parked beside a bus and some men with guns pounced on us and ordered us into the bus that was parked near a bush. We met some people on the bus when we entered it.” He said.
The undergraduate who said that the tricycle operator left to bring more victims, also said that the kidnappers drove them into the bush where some people visited to bargain for the victims
“They drove us into the bush where some people visited to price us like goats. some people among my group were taken away into a room where they were killed and well-dressed people came with coolers for their body parts.
“When we were told to take off our clothes, one of the kidnappers saw the Celestial Church crucifix on my waist and he put me aside. He asked me what the crucifix was for and I told him I am from a celestial family.
“He then returned my phone and told me to call my people to pay a ransom for me before their leader, one Alhaji, comes. He said when their leader returns, he would not be able to help me because Alhaji procures human parts for politicians and other people. He said I would be killed if he found me there.”
In bid to set him free, The kidnappers contacted his mother using his phone and demanded N700,000 for his release, but however, they agreed to collect N200,000 and after negotiations.
A punch report posits that the aggrieved mother was seen begging people including church members for money and was able to raise N100,000, which she sent to them. The kidnappers, withdrew the cash from a Point-of-Sale operator with Omobobola's ATM card.They further used his phone number to borrow N100,000 from online credit companies, which was also withdrawn with his card. Thereafter he was released around 2am on Sunday.
All Campus Show reports that Investigations are still on going as the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, assured that the command was on the matter, adding that the culprits would be arrested soon.