A 17-year-old student of the Redeemers University, Osun State identified as Ireoluwa Akinlaja who was kidnapped by some unknown persons on Sunday has escaped from his captors.
Reports say that Akinlaja was on his way to the Redemption camp to join his parents when he was snatched by the kidnappers around Sagamu Interchange, Ogun state.
He is also said to have sent a message to his mother, informing her that he has been kidnapped.
His uncle sent a series of SoS messages that soon went viral on twitter:
PEACE @OluwaseunMarti3 “Receive a text message that areads “I have been kidnapped” the situation was immediately reported at the @Nigeriapolicef3 Owode/Egba division. Later in the evening yesterday a message was sent to his mother vis his own phone, that reads “I will be used for rituals 2morrow”…
“My nephew was kidnapped yesterday in the afternoon (2pm) around interchange Ogun state. He was coming back from school (RUN) he was dropped there by the school arranged bus, while waiting for his parent to pick him up. Before they got there in an interval of 10mins, the mother..
“Redeemers University of Nigeria (RUN). Pls help us find my nephew. As at this very moment of tweeting, his phone is still ringing and available but no one is picking. This is his phone number 09123790773. @Nigeriapolicef3, @NigeriapolicePR, @dss_nigeria, @channelstv, @AIT_Online.
“The Ogun state police command are doing their best, but this is just a message to everyone and anyone that can assist with this present situation. The last point of tracking location was IKORODU. The victim’s name is IREOLUWA AKINLAJA a 100level Mass Communication student.“
The Ogun State police were informed and immediately swung into action with a view to rescuing him and hunting down the criminals.
However, the 100-Level Mass Communication Student escaped from his abductors before security agents got to Ikorodu, where he was driven to.
Meanwhile, Gov Dapo Abiodun, in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Kunle Somorin, on Monday while reacting to the incident, vowed that there would be no hiding place for criminals in the state.
Abiodun revealed that “the victim, who was kidnapped while on his way to the Redemption Camp on Lagos-Ibadan expressway, escaped from his abductors as security operatives swooped on their den, in Ikorodu, Lagos.”
He confirmed that “The victim, Akinlaja Ireoluwa Oluwatomiwa is a student of the Redeemers University in Osun State. He was on his way to join his parents when he was kidnapped.
“Our security men had trailed the kidnappers to Ikorodu, where the victim was being held hostage. Their arrival on the scene had given an opportunity for the victim to escape from captivity.
“We are happy that the victim escaped unhurt. He has since been reunited with his parents.”
Meanwhile, Governor Dayo Abiodun says he has beefed up security at the Kara Bridge end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, a black spot notorious for all forms of criminalities.
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