Aminat Lawal, the sister of the kidnapped (NYSC) National Youth Service Corps member, Rofiat Lawal, who was abducted along the Benin-Ore Expressway on Tuesday, Feb. 25, has claimed that her sister was handed over to the kidnappers by the bus driver conveying them.
According to Aminat, Rofiat was abducted while returning to her Place of Primary Assignment in Oyo State by the bus driver himself.
In a phone conversation with her sister while attempting to ask for ransom, Abducted Rofiat told her sister how the bus driver stopped at an isolated spot in Ore and the kidnappers came out from the bush and took her away while the bus driver zoomed off without making any attempt to help
She added that when the kidnappers contacted Rofiat’s family, they demanded N25m ransom for her release, which they pleaded they could not pay, but after several back and forth, they lowered the demand to N5m.
“She contacted us on Tuesday to tell us that she was kidnapped and she said that the driver of the car she boarded was the one who dropped them at the spot where she was kidnapped alongside other passengers.
“When we spoke with the kidnappers, they asked us to bring N25m and we told them that we did not have such money. She is the one who sponsored herself in school. They have reduced the ransom to N5m.”
Meanwhile, the family have resorted to crowdfunding to raise the ransom as requested by the abductors.
