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Anisulowo (2nd left) after she was rescued and brought to Ogun State Government House.
Beside her on the right is Deputy Governor Yetunde Onanuga, while on the left
is Governor Ibikunle Amosun and Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Ali.
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The leader of a group
that abducted a former minister of state for Education, Iyabo Anisulowo, is an
audacious kingpin in the business who approached the police to help facilitate
the payment of the ₦200 million ransom they demanded while she was being held
captive, PREMIUM TIMES has learnt.
The
report continues:
Mrs.
Anisulowo, also a former senator, was abducted last Wednesday at Sawonjo area
in Yewa North Local Government of Ogun State.
She
regained her freedom after six days in captivity during which she took only
water.
Security
officials disclosed that the gang leader, who is now in police custody
following his arrest on Tuesday, advised the police by phone to stop wasting
their time seeking ways of rescuing Mrs. Anisulowo.
He
advised them to instead help ensure speedy payment of the huge ransom.
He
reportedly said the police would make no headway if they chose to press on with
their efforts to locate the gang’s hideout.
However,
the police successfully tracked him through the same telephone line he used in
making the call, our sources said.
Officials
believe the gang leader, whose name has not been officially released, obtained
the command’s telephone number through the media.
The
police had, in desperate moves to rescue Mrs. Anisulowo, released some
telephone numbers through the media requesting useful information that would
assist in the rescue efforts.
While the kidnappers, during the period of the hostage, demanded a ₦200 million ransom from the former minister’s family, the police also announced the offer of ₦5 million for any information that could lead to the former minister’s release.
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