Gunmen Abduct Four Ekiti Farmers, Demand N50m Ransom

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted four farmers at Ikosun-Ekiti, Moba Local Government Area of Ekiti State.

It was gathered that the farmers were kidnapped while working on their farmlands in the area around 5.30pm on Monday.

The captors were said to have contacted the families yesterday and demanded for N50 million ransom to release the people being held hostage.

A source in the town told journalists yesterday that that the farmers who were: Gbadamosi Sarafa, Yinka Adeniran and two others identified as Seun and Jimoh, were all kidnapped at the farm settlement between, while working inside their farms.

He further explained that two of those kidnapped, Seun and Jimoh were said to be truck operators working in the farm as at the time they were abducted along with two others and taken to an unknown destination.

When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer, Ekiti Command, Mr. Sunday Abutu, confirmed the kidnapping.

Abutu stated that the Command had deployed policemen in the surrounding bushes at Ikosun Ekiti up to the Kwara border for thorough combing of the sprawling forest region .

The police spokesman also denied knowledge of the N50 million being requested by the abductors from the abductees’ families.

“Our men are in the bush working hard to rescue the farmers. We are working in conjunction with Amotekun Corps and local hunters.

“We believe that with the level of security measures we have put in place, we are sure that we will rescue them and probably get the perpetrators of this dastardly act.”