At last, the son of the proprietor and Chief Medical Director of Lafia Hospital, Apata, Ibadan, who was shot by suspected herdsmen and kidnapped alongside two other hospital staff, on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Kayode Sule, Dele Adigun and Mrs Opeyemi Abifarin, have been released.
According to sources within the hospital, the trio were released late Friday night.
They were kidnapped on Tuesday evening at Ajebo axis of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Ogun State, while returning from an official trip to Lagos in an official car, a Toyota Sienna bus.
It was later gathered that the kidnappers demanded a N50 million ransom, but when contacted on Thursday evening, Kayode’s father was in a meeting with the State Security Service and declined comment on the matter.
Kayode, it was gathered sustained gunshot injury on the leg, and is currently receiving medical treatment at an undisclosed location.
It could not be ascertained whether the N50 million ransom demanded by the kidnappers was paid before the kidnapped victims were released.
Sources could not also confirm the location where the victims were released and who eventually facilitated their release.
Credit: tribuneonlineng.com
