Gunmen on the night of Tuesday, 11 March, 2025 released the nine surveyors abducted at the Ilu Abo community in the Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State.
The victims were working at a site in the community on Tuesday, 4 March, 2025 when the gun-wielding men abducted them. The kidnappers demanded a N100 million ransom for their release.
Their abduction forced some market women to storm the Governor’s office on Tuesday, 11 March, 2025 demanding Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa’s intervention.
Confirming their release on the morning of Wednesday, 12 March, 2025 in a chat, Pastor Ajibade Owolanke, younger brother of one of the victims, explained that the abducted surveyors were released Tuesday night, 11 March, 2025, after payment of N20 million ransom.
According to Owolanke, the surveyors were at a hospital receiving treatment, adding that some of them had been reunited with their families.
Ondo State Police Command as at the time of filling in this report has yet to comment on the development.
Source: Daily Trust
