A newly-wed wife, Mrs Rukkayat Musa, and her two sister in-laws who were kidnapped from their house at Emir’s road, Ilorin, Kwara State capital, have been released.
They reportedly regained their freedom after the payment of N7m ransom.
Their abductors had demanded N50 million.
Rukkayat and the two victims, Hafsat and Aliyah, were reportedly freed in the early hours of Sunday.
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They were abducted in the wee hours of Thursday when the gunmen invaded the home of the newly wed couple at Oniyangi area on Emir’s road, Ilorin.
Her husband, Mr Musa, escaped after the abductors gained entrance to the rented apartment of the couple located in Alaya’s compound.
The kidnappers later contacted the family and demanded a ransom of N50 million.
They reportedly warned that the condition must be met by the weekend, failure of which they threatened to kill the ladies.
Police Public Relations Officer PPRO in Kwara, Okasanmi Ajayi, said he was not aware of the incident when our reporter contacted him.
“I am not aware of the incident, nobody told me of the kidnap of that newly wed lady,” he had said.
But a brother of the bride, who did not want his name mentioned, said the three ladies were released in the early hours of Sunday.
He said, “They arrived in Ilorin and called us around 2am today (Sunday) but their release was not for free.
“The family paid a ransom of N7 million to the kidnappers down from the N50 initially demanded before they were set free. We could not raise up to that amount but cried and begged them before they accepted the N7million that we raised within the family.
“The three ladies were taken to the hospital immediately for treatment. They are still on admission.”
According to him, “The ladies were not rescued by the police.”
He, however, appealed to Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq and security operatives to save residents from insecurity.
