Protesters on Tuesday stormed Akure, the Ondo State capital over abduction of nine surveyors at Owode Ilu-Abo in Akure South Local Government Area.
The surveyors who hail from Akure were at Owode Ilu-Abo for jobs when they were abducted.
Placards-carrying women stormed the streets of Akure and blocked the Oba Adesida Road.
A sister to one of the kidnapped victims, Comfort Afolabi, said the surveyors were abducted last week.
Afolabi said the kidnappers demanded ₦50mil;lion before they would begin negotiation for their release.
She said the kidnappers have placed the ransom at ₦100million before they would release their victims.
Kidnappings have been on the rise in Ondo State. Last week, a farmer and his manager were abducted while returning from the farm at Oba Ile.
Ondo Police Commissioner, Wilfred Afolabi, had admitted that the state Police Command lacked requisite logistics to tackle kidnappings and other criminals.
Credit: thenationonlineng.net
