The wife and children of the Kwara House of Assembly member Hon. Soliu Ayanshola who were abducted have regained freedom, according to top government sources.
They regained their freedom late Wednesday, about 8 PM following discreet efforts of the security agencies and the Kwara State Government.
“At least five members of the gang that abducted them have also been arrested following discreet intelligence and surveillance works by all the teams involved,” one of the sources said.
According to a close family source who spoke on condition of anonymity, “The wife and children were released last night, they’ve been reunited with members of the family, they’re safe, hale and hearty” he confirmed
It would be recalled news of their Kidnap in the ancestral town of the honourable who had made the rounds for the last 72 hours.
Meanwhile, Kwara State Police Command said that it has arrested five persons in connection with the reported abduction of the wife and two children of Soliu Ayansola Lawal, a member of the Kwara State House of Assembly.
The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Okasanmi Ajayi, earlier on Wednesday, disclosed that at least five people had been arrested by the command over the abduction of the wife and two children of the lawmaker.
Recall that the wife and two children of the lawmaker representing the Ipaiye/Malete/Olooru constituency of Moro Local Government in the State House of Assembly were abducted by gunmen on Monday.
Speaking on the freedom of the two children and wife of the lawmaker who were reunited with their families this evening, the Police Spokesman said that he read it on social media like everyone does.
“I have not been officially briefed, I read it on social media like you people did,” he revealed.