Families of the victims of recent kidnappings in Aisegba, Gbonyin Local Government of Ekiti State have appealed to government and security agents to save their beloved ones from their abductors.
They expressed concern that the abductees were still being held weeks after ransome had been paid
The victims are Fagbemi Abayomi from Ilupeju-Ekiti and Ojo Musa from Kogi State but both based in Aisegba Ekiti.
The duo were kidnapped at gunpoint between Ilu-Omoba and Aisegba Ekiti few weeks back.
One of the members of the distraught families and wife of one of the victims, Mrs Fagbemi the abductors contacted her on telephone to demand for a ransom of 15M but which was later reduced to 10M a day after.
She noted that after much begging, the abductors agreed to take 1m from her for her husband while they agreed to take two million from the families of the other victim.
Mrs Fagbemi said both families were shocked after ransom were paid and the victims were not released going to two weeks now.
She regretted that the family laboured hard to raise the money, with their hopes now being dashed by the adamant posture of the captors.
“It is now two weeks after we paid the ransom, my husband has not been freed. This is eliciting serious threat, panic and tension in our town and family.
“Most traumatising was the fact that we have not been able to reach him on telephone for one and half weeks now. The number the kidnappers were using to reach out to us had been switched off”.
They ,however appealed to the Amotekun Corps and the Ekiti State Police Command to upscale their searches around Aisegba-Agbado-Imesi Irun and Aisegba-Agbado-Ise forests to rescue the victim from the captors.
The Commander Amotekun Corps, Retired, Brigadier General, Olu Adewa said the command is making frantic efforts to rescue the victims.