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An Ado Ekiti Chief Magistrate Court in Ekiti State has remanded Muhammed Abubakar Ardo Duni, 50, and Bello Mohammed, 35, in the Nigerian Correctional Centre, Ado Ekiti, for allegedly kidnapping a monarch in the state, Oba David Oyewumi.
The Magistrate Court presided over by Abdulameen Lawal granted the order to remand the duo pending legal advice from the Department of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
The prosecutor, Bamikole Olasunkanmi, requested for the order to allow him forward the duplicate case file to the office of DPP for legal advice.
The accused persons were alleged to have committed the kidnapping of the Obaadu of Ilemeso, Oba Oyewumi, in Oye Ekiti magisterial district on April 15, 2021.
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Kidnapped Ekiti traditional ruler, the Obadu of Ilemeso Ekiti, in Oye Local Government Area of the state, Oba Oyewunmi has regained his freedom.
Police spokesman in Ekiti State, ASP Sunday Abutu, told newsmen in Ado-Ekiti on Tuesday that the traditional ruler was released in a forest in Kwara after six days in captivity.
“I can confirm that the ruler has been released from captivity. He has also been reunited with his family.
“He is receiving medical attention in one of the facilities in the state as a result of the trauma he went through,’’ Abutu said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Oba’s release from captivity was barely 24-hours after a family source confided in newsmen that the abductors demanded N20 million ransom as condition for his release.
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Kidnapped Ekiti traditional ruler, the Obadu of Ilemeso Ekiti, in Oye Local Government Area of the state, Oba Oyewunmi has regained his freedom.
Police spokesman in Ekiti State, ASP Sunday Abutu, told newsmen in Ado-Ekiti on Tuesday that the traditional ruler was released in a forest in Kwara after six days in captivity.
“I can confirm that the ruler has been released from captivity. He has also been reunited with his family.
“He is receiving medical attention in one of the facilities in the state as a result of the trauma he went through,’’ Abutu said.