Protesters seek urgent action over abduction of nine surveyors in Ondo

Angry protesters on Tuesday demanded urgent action over the abduction of nine surveyors at Owode Ilu-Abo in Akure South Local Government Area of Ondo State.

The victims, all indigenes of Akure, were reportedly on a job site when they were seized by armed men last week.

The demonstration, led by distraught relatives and concerned residents, saw placard-wielding women blocking the busy Oba Adesida Road, disrupting traffic as they called on security agencies to secure the release of the kidnapped workers.

One of the protesters, Comfort Afolabi, whose brother is among the abducted surveyors, said the kidnappers initially demanded N50m as a condition to begin negotiations but later raised the ransom to N100m.

“We have been pleading with them, but they insist they won’t release our loved ones unless we pay the full amount. We are helpless and need the government to intervene,” she lamented.

The latest abduction adds to the growing wave of kidnappings in Ondo State. Just last week, a farmer and his manager were abducted while returning from their farm in the Oba Ile area.

Credit: The Punch

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