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Kidnapped woman, child regains freedom

Olayinka Kayode, the nursing mother, who was kidnapped alongside her child by unknown gunmen on Tuesday has been released.

It will be recalled that after their abduction while returning from shop around Ota-Efun/Kobongbogboe area of Osogbo, Osun state capital on Tuesday around 6 pm and her abductors demanded five million Maria as ransom.

NigeriaCrime.com learned that the mother and child were freed on Thursday by the kidnappers.

Confirming their release, in a statement her Church Senior Pastor, Union Baptist Church, Osogbo on Thursday, Reverend Sunday Adeoye, the mother and child were freed on Thursday by the kidnappers.

The Clergy stressed; ” On behalf of the family of Engr. Abayomi Kayode and the entire Union Baptist Church Osogbo family, I express my profound appreciation to first to the Almighty God for answering our prayers, our gallantry security agencies, distinguished members of the press, Osun Baptist Conference President, Rev. Dr Paul Kolawole, the entire Christian Community and all and sundry for their prayers and most particularly for standing by us during the period”.

However, NigeriaCrime.comm gathered that the Department of State Security operatives trailed the kidnappers to a location in Ibadan, Oyo state capital.

A family source disclosed that the abductors abandoned the victims at a location in Ibadan upon realising that security operatives were closing in on them.

“They abandoned the victims at the location and the DSS operatives rescue them from the scene back to Osun. We did not pay a dime as ransom”, the source added.

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