Punch Newspapers reports that:
Kemisola Ogunyemi, a 29 year-old lady who returned to Nigeria with her husband from the United States to
bury her late mother and settle down has been found days after she was kidnapped in Lagos. Kemisola lost her
mother on Wednesday 26th December 2012 and returned to Nigeria with her
husband, Akin from the United States for the burial after living there
for about a year. Sadly, she was kidnapped at about 8.30pm in Ajah,
Lagos on Sunday 10th February 2013. She was kidnapped about one minute’s
drive to her Abraham Adesanya Estate home in Ajah.
The day she
was kidnapped, she was coming back from a visit to her father who lives
in Ikorodu. When she got to Jeffery Plaza, some men double-crossed her
Murano Sport Utility Vehicle, took control of the car and took her away
in it. The following day, her SUV was discovered in the front of Ogombo
Police Station, Ajah with one of her shoes in it. The kidnappers later
called her husband with Kemisola’s phone.
“They called
about 11.41 am on Monday. The speaker clearly sounded like an Igbo man.
He said, ‘Where are you?’ But when Yinka said he was in the house, the
speaker asked again ‘Are you sure? Are you sure you are in the house?
Yinka insisted that he was in the house. He told them he wanted to speak
with Kemisola and they gave the phone to her. Kemi sounded very
distraught on the phone. She was begging her husband to please help her
and do everything the men demanded.”
But it was learnt that the kidnappers disconnected the call after they instructed Yinka to call them later by 2pm on Monday. The kidnappers later called on Monday night and demanded N60 million for Kemisola’s release, the relation told Punch.
“When they asked for the money, we were all shocked. We pleaded with them, but they were threatening to kill her. How do we get N60 million? We are not politicians. Yinka is just a salary earner while Kemisola has not even got a job since they got back to Nigeria.”
On Tuesday, the kidnappers called again with their own number, sounding anxious and insisting that the N60 million should be paid as soon as possible. She said the kidnappers called about 10 times repeating their demand and asking when it would be paid.
“The man who spoke on the phone said, ‘We will kill her if you don’t pay. We kidnapped two other women and we have already killed them because they did not pay what we demanded’.”
But thankfully, a family member, who spoke with Punch last night confirmed that Kemisola has been released.
“Kemi told us she was beaten brutally. They dropped her off along the Lekki-Epe Expressway around 8pm on Thursday. Luckily, she was able to get help from motorists and later contacted us. We paid the ransom on Thursday morning after the kidnappers played different tricks to ensure they evaded capture. They thought we had involved the police. We just thank God we have her back. But she’s not in any condition to answer any questions for now. She is resting.”
But it was learnt that the kidnappers disconnected the call after they instructed Yinka to call them later by 2pm on Monday. The kidnappers later called on Monday night and demanded N60 million for Kemisola’s release, the relation told Punch.
“When they asked for the money, we were all shocked. We pleaded with them, but they were threatening to kill her. How do we get N60 million? We are not politicians. Yinka is just a salary earner while Kemisola has not even got a job since they got back to Nigeria.”
On Tuesday, the kidnappers called again with their own number, sounding anxious and insisting that the N60 million should be paid as soon as possible. She said the kidnappers called about 10 times repeating their demand and asking when it would be paid.
“The man who spoke on the phone said, ‘We will kill her if you don’t pay. We kidnapped two other women and we have already killed them because they did not pay what we demanded’.”
But thankfully, a family member, who spoke with Punch last night confirmed that Kemisola has been released.
“Kemi told us she was beaten brutally. They dropped her off along the Lekki-Epe Expressway around 8pm on Thursday. Luckily, she was able to get help from motorists and later contacted us. We paid the ransom on Thursday morning after the kidnappers played different tricks to ensure they evaded capture. They thought we had involved the police. We just thank God we have her back. But she’s not in any condition to answer any questions for now. She is resting.”
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