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A 29-year-old teacher, Odugbesan Ayodele Samson, has been arrested by the Police in Ogun State for allegedly kidnapping his 8-year-old former pupil, Rasaq Akeeb.

“Finally, while commending efforts of our security volunteers and security forces stationed in our area, we are calling on all citizens and residents of Birnin-Gwari local area to be extra vigilant and expose those informants that connive with kidnappers in our respective communities.”

They asked your family to pay a ransom of something in the region of N20m. After days of negotiations it came down to N1.5m but your family could only raise N900K after selling your farm produce and receiving donations from friends and relations.

“We heard shots around 1:00 am and all of us ran in different directions. I ran to a nearby bush and hid until they left before I came out. It was this morning that we discovered that they left with the nine year old girl and the son of the woman who was abandoned but was able to find her way back to Juji this morning.”

According to Abdullahi Haruna, the spokesperson for Kano State Police Command, was kidnapped in 2014 at PRP Quarters in Kano metropolis by Paul Onwe and his wife, Mercy Paul. They sold the victim to one Ebere Ogbodo for N200,000, the police said.