An kidnapped monarch, Ojibara of Bayagan in Ifelodun native authorities space of Kwara State, Alhaji Kamilu Salami, and 6 others have escaped from the grip of bandits.
Sources from the neighborhood advised Vanguard that the monarch and 6 different abductees from a neighbouring neighborhood managed to flee following a coordinated assault on the bandits by vigilante {groups} within the forests.
“The vigilante group launched an assault on the bandits deep within the forests and engaged them in a fierce battle across the Eku Idaji space, near Igbaja,” a supply stated.
“Though the Baale and the six different escapees are but to reach in the neighborhood, they’ve made contact with members of the neighborhood who confirmed what occurred,” he added.
The bandits had earlier demanded N150 million from the neighborhood earlier than the monarch might be freed.
Within the early hours of Sunday, the bandits contacted the neighborhood to demand the ransom, asking Ojibara to talk together with his individuals to show he was of their custody.
The monarch reportedly urged his neighborhood to barter for his launch, lamenting the ordeal as he was taken by means of thick forests on a motorbike for greater than 5 hours.
He additionally knowledgeable the neighborhood that an unspecified variety of individuals have been kidnapped from a neighbouring neighborhood whereas he was being taken away.
Salami was kidnapped round 9:30am on Saturday by a gang of bandits armed with AK-47 rifles, who stormed his farm in Bayagan, one of many largest communities in Ifelodun Native Authorities Space.