The Digest:
Bandits have demanded a ransom of ₦500 million for the release of five construction workers abducted on December 15 at a road project site in Kwara State’s Isin Local Government Area. Families of the victims, who addressed journalists in Ilorin on Monday, accused the state government of neglect and pleaded for urgent intervention as their livelihoods and mental health deteriorate.
Key Points:
- Bandits kidnapped five workers at a Kwara road construction site on December 15
- The kidnappers are demanding ₦500 million for their release
- Victims include Ademola Afolabi, Abdullahi Lade, Emmanuel Okuwadare, Fatai Akin, and driver Yusuf
- Families say they have been abandoned and are facing hunger and trauma
- One wife lost her baby due to stress from the abduction
- Kwara Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has ordered police to arrest the attackers of women protesters
- The state recently deployed armed forest guards to improve security
Sources: Punch Newspaper
