A survivor of the vicious assault by armed assailants on the Sagamu-Ijebu-Ode expressway shared the harrowing ordeal, revealing how the gunmen coerced them further into the wilderness. Eventually, under threat, he surrendered N103,000 and his phone to them out of fear for his life....READ FULL STORY HERE TO CONTINUE READING

He also recounted how another abducted driver, hailing from the Eastern region, disclosed that the kidnappers had already extracted N120,000 from him prior to their abduction.

This incident happened at past five in the evening, they were armed to the teeth with A.K 47 rifles shooting heavily. They even killed one person who was inside a Lexus car. So, they marched about seven of us inside the bush and when I saw that they were speaking Hausa, I started speaking Hausa to them begging them not to kill me, so they asked if I was a northerner but I said no, that I have once lived in Kebbi and Sokoto.

According to what the victim said in a report by Vanguard News, “They kept taking us further inside the bush; later, they asked if I had any money, so I gave them N103,000 and my phone.

There was another driver from the east who said that the kidnappers had collected N120,000 from him just as we were abducted. They later set the two of us free, while the other five persons were still with them.