Two children abducted by gunmen who killed their father, Alfa Tunde Aribidesi, at their residence at Gaa Osibi in the Ilorin West Local Government Area of Kwara State, recently have escaped from their captors.
Recall that Tunde, a trader at Ojatuntun, Baboko, Ilorin, was killed on Thursday, September 29, 2022, while his children, Jamiu (12) and Sambo (15), were taken away.
The abductors later demanded N10m ransom to release them.
According to the Punch, the two children, however, escaped on Sunday night after their abductors slept off in the forest.
“The kidnappers used the phone of our late father to contact our family for N10m ransom, but we escaped from the bush when they (kidnappers) were sleeping and we arrived at our house early in the morning,” Sambo said.
A medical doctor (name withheld), who said the two kids were in his hospital, confirmed the development.
A friend of the deceased, Alfa Lawal Taoheed, had on Facebook solicited prayers for the safe return of the kids while the negotiation was ongoing with the kidnappers.
He wrote, “The family arranged N7m through a representative. Unfortunately, the kidnappers could not tell the man where exactly to meet them or drop the money, which made him return with it.”
