Mistura Olasinde, a female resident of Starwood Estate, Galadimawa in the Federal Capital Territory, and her two kids, Hauwa and Fatima, were kidnapped on Friday, September 8, 2023, in the capital.
The incident occurred at Kabusa Garden Estate while Mistura’s husband, Surajudeen Olasinde, an employee of the Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority, was returning home with his family in their Toyota Highlander from Garki to Starwood Estate, which is where they live and is situated between the Galadimawa and Lokokogoma areas of Abuja.
“On their way from Garki, they were abducted last Friday at around 7 o’clock. The kidnappers attacked them as soon as they arrived at Kabusa Garden Estate at the location where the road was really terrible. Before marching them into the woods, they started firing to frighten them away, according to Olasinde.
The Galadimawa Divisional Police Officer, Jerry Cole, was instantly summoned by the locals, who then sent out a team of police officers to search the bushes with vigilante operators. He continued by stating that the search was futile.
Mr. Olasinde, who arrived in Abuja on Saturday, claimed the people holding his family captive demanded a $100,000,000 ransom from his brother-in-law.
“They want $100,000,000. They eventually reduced it to 50 million, then to 10 million. But at the conclusion of the day, they questioned us about our personal belongings.
The kidnappers even said they could make more money off the body parts of my wife and my two girls than we claimed we had if they killed them. He described how they eventually turned to begging and pleading with them not to hurt or kill his family.
He added that when the kidnappers enquired about the Toyota Highlander that had been assaulted after they told them that they didn’t have much money, he told them that it was one of the items that had been sold to earn money for the ransom they intended to pay the kidnappers.
Olasinde added that the kidnappers told them to bring the ransom Saturday night and that they were able to raise exactly N2.840 million.
“They told us to bring the money on Saturday night at 8:00. They instructed us to travel to Kabusa Village and take any available Okada rider (commercial motorcycle) to an unknown location.
“To deliver the ransom, my brother-in-law and I ascended the same bike. They emerged and collected the ransom when we reached the dense forest where they were hiding. We handed them N840,000 and N2 million.
My wife and daughters arrived at the spot where we waited for them after about 40 minutes. So, Olasinde confessed, “We begged the Okada rider to take my wife and daughters home and to come back and get us too.
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