Kidnappers of Ekiti APC Chairman, yet to make contacts – Family
The family of the kidnapped chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State, Mr. Paul Omotoso, on Sunday lamented that more than 24 hours after he was abducted, his kidnappers are yet to make contacts.
Meanwhile, security operatives, including Amotekun corps and local hunters, have launched massive manhunt for his abductors.
TheNiche had earlier reported that Omotoso and two others were on Saturday evening kidnapped along Agbado-Ekiti – Imesi-Ekiti road by unknown gunmen while returning from a wedding ceremony in Akoko.
A family source told The Nation on Sunday that members of the family were still expecting the call of the kidnappers possibly to demand for ransom.
He added that even though joint team of security operatives have been combing the nearby bushes and forests in search of the APC chairman, no success has been recorded on the rescue mission.
According to him: “We are still in a very difficult mood since our man was kidnapped because we are yet to receive any call from the abductors since Saturday night.
“I can tell you that security agencies including our local people have been in the bush searching for him but there is no headway yet as regards his whereabouts.
”We have taken phones of close family members to a place where there will be good network in the community in anticipation for a call from the gunmen demanding for ransom, that is the situation.”
Governor Biodun Oyebanji called on the security agencies to do everything possible to secure the safe release of the party chairman.
Oyebanji stated that Omotoso shouldn’t only be rescued unscathed but the perpetrators of the dastardly act be nabbed and made to face the full weight of the laws.
The Governor, represented by his Deputy, Chief Monisade Afuye, gave the directive on Sunday, when he visited Omotoso’s family at Imesi Ekiti, to sympathise with them on the devastating incident.
Oyebanji directed the police and DSS to comb the forests along Agbado-Imesi-Irun Akoko in Ondo State to rescue the victims safely from where they are being held hostage.