A group of gunmen who abducted four students of the Kogi state Polytechnic and the driver of their vehicle, along Akunnu-Ajowa Road in Akoko North-East Local Government Area of Ondo State on Friday, last week are now demanding for a 16 million naira ransom.
The students were said to be travelling home for the Yuletide before the hoodlums allegedly waylaid them on the road and dragged them into the bush.
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It was reported that a few hours after the students were kidnapped, the robbers phoned their relatives and demanded N16 million for their return.
Mr Ajayi Bakare, a community leader and former Vice Chairman of Akoko North-West Local Government, who confirmed the incident, said the driver of the vehicle had been warned by the students’ parents not to take the route where they were kidnapped because it was notorious for kidnapping and armed robbery.
The Ikare Area Commander of the Ondo State Police Command, Muri Agboola, who confirmed the incident, said his men had been combing the forests along the Akunnu-Ajowa Akoko Road to rescue the abducted students.
