HOW KEMISOLA OGUNYEMI WAS KIDNAPPED & FOUND

Kemisola Uthman Ogunyemi, a 29 years old lady who returned to Nigeria with her husband Akin from the United States to bury her late mother  who died on the 26th December 2012 went missing 5 days ago. She was kidnapped at about 8.30pm in Ajah, Lagos on Sunday 10th February 2013.

She left Ikorodu town Sunday evening 10 Feb. in a black Nissan Murano. The car was found hours after she was suspected to be  missing with one leg of her shoe.

The kidnappers later called her husband with Kemisola’s phone, Punch reports, The kidnappers called about 11.41 am on Monday. The speaker clearly sounded like an Igbo man. He said, ‘Where are you?’ But when Yinka said he was in the house, the speaker asked again ‘Are you sure? Are you sure you are in the house? Yinka insisted that he was in the house. He told them he wanted to speak with Kemisola and they gave the phone to her. Kemi sounded very distraught on the phone. She was begging her husband to please help her and do everything the men demanded.”

But it was learn't that the kidnappers disconnected the call after they instructed Yinka to call them later by 2pm on Monday. The kidnappers later called on Monday night and demanded N60 million for Kemisola’s release, the relation told Punch.

 “When they asked for the money, we were all shocked. We pleaded with them, but they were threatening to kill her. How do we get N60 million? We are not politicians. Yinka is just a salary earner while Kemisola has not even gotten a job since they got back to Nigeria.”

On Tuesday, the kidnappers called again with their own number, sounding anxious and insisting that the N60 million should be paid as soon as possible. She said the kidnappers called about 10 times repeating their demand and asking when it would be paid.

“The man who spoke on the phone said, ‘We will kill her if you don’t pay. We kidnapped two other women and we have already killed them because they did not pay what we demanded’.”

But thankfully, a family member, who spoke with Punch last night confirmed that Kemisola has been released.

“Kemi told us she was beaten brutally. They dropped her off along the Lekki-Epe Expressway around 8pm on Thursday. Luckily, she was able to get help from motorists and later contacted us. We paid the ransom on Thursday morning after the kidnappers played different tricks to ensure they evaded capture. They thought we had involved the police. We just thank God we have her back. But she’s not in any condition to answer any questions for now. She is resting.”

This unfortunate incidence coming just weeks after this family returned back home with the intention of settling down must have raised a lot of doubts about the decision and the security situation in Nigeria, this is disgraceful.

I thank God should has been released.