Gunmen have abducted at least nine surveyors in Ondo State.
The surveyors were ambushed by armed gunmen who were lurking in the bush while on site at Ilu-Abo axis in Akure North Local Council Area of the state.
The kidnappers contacted some families of the victims and demanded N100 million for their release, but later reduced the ransom to N50 million after pleas.
Meanwhile, women in Akure, the state capital, on Tuesday, March 11, protested over the incessant kidnappings and k!llings.
They gathered at the residence of the Ejeminkin of Akure, High Chief Oluwole Omotayo, in the state capital, to express their grievances.
While marching from Ijemikin to the Governor’s Office at Alagbaka, Akure, the protesters, mostly women, called on Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa to take quick and decisive actions in checking activities of kidnappers, killer herdsmen and other criminals who have penetrated the communities in the state.
Addressing the protesting women, the Special Adviser on Union Matters and Special Duties, Bola Taiwo, who spoke on behalf of the governor, blamed the nine kidnapped surveyors for going to the site without security operatives, Guardian reports.
Taiwo, who accused the surveyors of collecting huge money from their clients yet failing to spend the money on their security, alleged that insiders are the perpetrators of the abduction.
