Suspected Herdsmen Abduct Four Ekiti Farmers, Demand N50m Ransom

Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen have kidnapped four farmers at Ikosun-Ekiti in Moba Local Government Area of Ekiti State.

A community source confided in The Nation the farmers, Gbadamosi Sarafa, Yinka Adeniran and two others identified as Seun and Jimoh, were kidnapped at the farm settlement between 5:00 to 6:00pm on Monday.

The source said that Seun and Jimoh were truck operators working in the farm as at the time they were abducted.

The captors were said to have contacted the families early on Tuesday and demanded for N50 million ransom.

Police Public Relations Officer, Ekiti Command, Mr Sunday Abutu, confirmed the kidnapping.

Abutu stated the Command had deployed policemen in the surrounding bushes at Ikosun Ekiti up to the Kwara border for thorough combing of the sprawling forest region.

The police spokesman also denied knowledge of the N50 million ransom.

-NATIONS