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Mr Oladimeji Josiah, who was kidnapped in Kubwa, Abuja, has narrated his ordeal after regaining his freedom. Josiah, a carpenter, who told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) while recounting his experience in captivity, said the gunmen, in their number, invaded their homes at Byazhin area in Kubwa around 11:45pm on May 21 and kidnapped two of them. NAN reports that Josiah and his neighbour, Ayodele Somorin, regained their freedom at the wee hours of Wednesday after allegedly paying N2 million ransom to their abductors. The armed men, who stormed the hilly area close to the Lottery Quarters and few metres away from Living Faith Church, Byazhin, shot sporadically before they were whisked away.
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The armed men numbering about seven were said to have invaded their homes in Byazhin area of Kubwa on May 21 around 11:45pm and abducted them.
The abductors had demanded N10 million on each abductee at first, before lowering it to N5 million each and then to N1 million each.
According to NAN, the abductees were released after a sum of N2 million was paid to their abductors.
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When the area was visited on Thursday morning, though Somorin and members of his family were not around, Josiah was at home.
Josiah, who looked pensive, described the experience as horrible.
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The two residents of Byazhin area in Kubwa, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), kidnapped by gunmen have regained their freedom after allegedly paying N2 million.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) had, on Wednesday, reported that the two men; Mr Ayodele Somorin and Mr Oladimeji Josiah, a carpenter, were kidnapped in their homes on May 21.
The armed men, who stormed the hilly area close to the Lottery Quarters and few metres away from Living Faith Church, Byazhin in Kubwa, shot sporadically before the two men were whisked away.
They were, however, released after spending about five days in the kidnappers’ den.
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Adelani Adepegba, Abuja
Published 27 May 2021
The police and Department of State Services operatives have rescued 14 persons abducted by kidnappers in the Byazhin, Kubwa Area of Bwari Area Council in Abuja.
The victims, who were kidnapped at Gaweaka by gunmen, were rescued at the Bwari hills by a combined team of police and DSS operatives on Thursday.
The FCT Police spokesperson, Mariam Yusuf, confirmed the development, adding that a suspected kidnapper was taken into custody during the operation.
She stated, “The operation has been going on for some weeks. We have been working hard, combing hills and forests and our efforts paid off on Thursday as we rescued 14 persons abducted by kidnappers in Byazhin, Bwari axis of the Federal Capital Territory. The operation was conducted in collaboration with the DSS and vigilantes in the area.”