A 300-level student from the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State, identified as Christiana Idowu, was abducted by suspected kidnappers along Ikorodu-Yaba Road last week.
A family member, speaking anonymously to PUNCH Metro on Monday, revealed that the kidnappers are demanding a ransom of N3 million for her release.
The source explained that Christiana was en route from her home in the Itaoluwo area of Ikorodu to the University of Lagos in Yaba for her industrial training when she was seized.
After she became unreachable, the abductors contacted her family via her phone and demanded the ransom. Despite numerous pleas from the family, the kidnappers initially agreed to a reduced payment of N350,000 to a specific account.
However, after the family made the payment, the abductors have yet to release her.
The source said, “They are communicating with the family through her WhatsApp, and they demanded N3m. We appealed to them, and it was reduced to N1m, then N500,000, and later, they asked that we pay N350,000.
“After we paid the N350,000 ransom, they refused to release her to us and were demanding that we send the bank statement of the account we made the transfer from before they would release her to us.
“We have reported the matter to the police and can not handle it as a family again. We are urging the government and the public to come to our aid.”
When contacted, the Ogun State Deputy Police Public Relations Officer, Folashade Oluwole, said she had not been informed of the incident but promised to get back to our correspondent. She had yet to do so as of the time of filling this report.
(allnews.ng)
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