Osun State Speaker Wife Found And No Ransom Paid
The abducted wife of the Speaker of Osun
State House of Assembly, Mr. Najeem Salam, on Saturday regained her
freedom from her kidnappers after about five days in captivity.
The speaker’s first wife, Muiba, was
abducted in Ejigbo, Osun State, last Tuesday by unknown gunmen who
chased her car and abducted her as she attempted to escape.
Acting on a tip-off, security operatives
on Saturday stormed the Ogunmakin, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway hideout of
the kidnappers and rescued Mrs. Salam after an exchange of fire.
SUNDAY PUNCH learnt that two of
the suspected kidnappers who attempted to smuggle the Osun Speaker’s
wife from the hideout were shot dead by the rescue team.
Three other members of the gang were also arrested and handed over to the State Police Headquarters, Eleweran, Abeokuta.
The State Commissioner of Police, Ikemefuna Okoye, declined to comment on the rescue mission.
As at 8.00pm on Saturday, Okoye said he was yet to be given details of the incident.
Security sources however, disclosed that
the Ogun State Vigilance Service carried out the arrest of the
kidnappers and the rescue.
A statement by the Osun State
Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Sunday Akere, on Saturday
night, rejoiced with the Speaker on the rescue of his wife.
Several people thronged the palace of
the Ogiyan of Ejigbo, Oba Omowonuola Oyesosin, on Saturday, after
receiving the news of the rescue just as the Speaker’s residential
quarters in Osogbo was visited by numerous sympathisers.
THE PUNCH had exclusively
reported that the kidnappers had demanded a ransom of N200m for the
release of the 38-year-old woman and mother of four.
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