Armed men kidnap Ogun Varsity student in Lagos, demands N3 million ransom

A 300-level student of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State has been kidnapped along Ikorodu-Yaba Road in Lagos State.

The kidnapped victim, Christiana Idowu, was said to have left her home in Itaoluwo area of Ikorodu heading to the University of Lagos in the Yaba area of the state where her IT (Idustrial Training) was held before she was whisked away by the kidnappers last week.

A family source who spoke with Punch on the condition of anonymity on Monday, August 26, 2024, revealed that the abductors were demanding a sum of N3m as a ransom before they could release the Christiana.

According to the source, after she was abducted, she was unreachable for a while, then abductors reached out to the family through her phone, demanding that a ransom of N3m be paid before she could be released.

After several appeals from the family, the abductors agreed that a sum of N350,000 be paid to a certain account, which the family paid, but the abductors refused to release her despite the payment.

“They are communicating with the family through her WhatsApp, and they demanded N3m. We appealed to them, and it was reduced to N1m, then N500,000, and later, they asked that we pay N350,000,” the source said.

“After we paid the N350,000 ransom, they refused to release her to us and were demanding that we send the bank statement of the account we made the transfer from before they would release her to us.

“We have reported the matter to the police and can not handle it as a family again. We are urging the government and the public to come to our aid.”