Ola Ajayi
1 July 2009
The executive essistant to Governor Adebayo Alao Akala on Administration, Mr. Richard Fagbemi, was kidnapped on his way from Abuja on Sunday.
He was said to have been kidnapped with two other members of his family with the kidnappers demanding a ransom of N20million.
Before he was recalled to serve in the present administration, he retired as a permanent secretary. A top aide of the governor, told Vanguard that Fagbemi was coming from Abuja before he lost touch with members of his family.
He said the governor had been making frantic efforts to secure his release from the kidnappers.
He said, "It is true that he was coming from Abuja. But somewhere along the road, he lost contact with his family members and his phone suddenly went dead.
According to him, "three of them were in the car; his sister-in-law, driver and himself. He had been communicating with his family. After many efforts, the kidnappers called the son of the aide who is a lawyer that his father has been kidnapped.
"They allowed the son to speak with his father and told the family it has to part with N20 million to secure his release.
"Already, the governor is making frantic effort to get him released", he said. A top police source who pleaded anonymity also confirmed the incident, saying the aide was kidnapped between Edo and Ondo states.
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Things that were not heard of in OYO in the time past are now the norms.PITY, I was in Ibadan last week and saw robbers robbing in broad day light within the city only for the so called 'police' to come in load 30 minutes after.This is a worrisome development,there is a foundational problem.It baffles me to see the occurences as normal.I'm worried for my dear state.
NIGERIA SEEMS TO HAVE THE WORST SECURITY PROBLEMS IN THE WORLD AMONG NATIONS NOT IN CIVIL WAR. IRONICALLY, YAR'ADUA DEVELOPED HIS SECURITY STRATEGY WITH THE HELP OF THE US AND BRITAIN IN 2007.