Opeyemi Adewale, an attorney based in Abuja, has described her experience at the hands of alleged kidnappers who kidnapped her on September 26, 2023, in the Federal Capital Territory.
She claimed that on the evening of September 26, at a park in Lugbe, she boarded a 14-seater bus without realizing it was a “one-chance” bus.
Six minutes into the ride, the man seated next to her allegedly began attacking the lawyer, at which point she reportedly realized she was in trouble.
She claimed that is when she realized that only she and two other women were actually aboard the bus as passengers, while the others were gang members.
They began beating me and the other two women in the car, she continued. When they were finished, they inquired about my profession, and I pretended to have recently resigned as a teacher. When they inquired about my income, I said that it was less than N30,000. They next inquired about my spouse, and I said that he is also a terrible trader.
Before she was freed, she claims that her husband and coworkers were able to raise money around midnight and send it to the burglars.
Adewale claimed that when the criminals took the money from a POS operator, the money sent for her release was put into her account.
When contacted, FCT Police Public Relations Officer Josephine Adeh stated that coordinated measures were being made to put an end to kidnappers’ and “one-chance” operators’ activities in the nation’s capital.
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