One of the arrested suspected kidnappers who abducted the Oniba of
Iba land, Oba Goriola Oseni, has narrated how they kidnapped the monarch
and successfully collected N15.1 million ramsom before releasing him.
The monarch was released on Saturday by his abductors after spending three weeks with the kidnappers at the creek.
The
police have arrested two of the suspected kidnappers and were paraded
at the State House, Ikeja, Lagos, on Sunday. The two suspects are Toba
Forejo and Isaiah Ododomu, both from Ondo State.
Narrating the
account to newsmen on how they kidnapped the oba, Ododomu said nine
people went to the palace to kidnap the oba on that fateful day.
He
gave the name of those who went to the palace to kidnap the oba as
Toba, Igodo, Mighty, Folly and Sam, while one Micah who is a leader did
not go with them because he “he has a babe with him at home.”
He
explained that the kidnappers were armed with two AK-47 riffles and
three pump action guns which they used during the kidnapping.
Ododomu,
who said he used to be a bunkerer, explained that since the bunkering
business had been stopped, they decided to go into kidnapping.
He
disclosed that the kidnappers first collected N12 million ransom and
later demanded for another ransom and were given N3.1 million extra,
making a total of N15.1 million which they shared among themselves.
“I
am a bunkering man, when this government stopped the bunkering
business, our leaders fomed another group and we started kidnapping to
manage ourselves. I am a married man and I don’t have any job to cater
for my family. When we started the kidnapping business, whenever they
collected N500,000, they will give me N20,000.
“After
this one, Toba, Igodo, Mighty, these eight people, went to Iba
junction, they kidnapped the king, after they kidnapped him, they demand
for N500 million, after that they reduced it to N40 million. They gave
them N12 million at the first time. After that we gathered and shared
the money.
“All our senior people got the lion share of the money.
They gave Toba N1 million, all those Igodo, Micah, they collected N2.5
million and so on; for me, they gave me N100, 000,” he explained.
He
added that after he travelled and came back, some of them agitated that
the money given to them was small and decided to demand for the
remaining N28 million balance, but noted that he was the one who
prevailed on them to collect anything from the monarh’s family so that
they could disperse before they were arrested.
“I told them that
we should collect any amount and decamp because they can arrest us.
Because of me, they agreed to collect N3, 100,000. The family of the oba
brought the money and they dropped it for us at Igbehinadun water side.
We went there and brought the money and they gave me N100,000. Toba and
the others shared the remaining money. Our base of operation is at
Izegemo creek in Ikotun area,” he explained.
Ododomu said he was the one who paddled the oba on the water to Iba while the others fled and that he was arrested.
One
of the prime suspects, Toba Ferejo also said they were nine people who
kidnapped the monarch, saying that he was arrested at Iyana School area.
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