The supervisor at the late former Governor Christopher Adebayo Alao-Akala’s farm, Christopher Bakare, who was kidnapped last Saturday evening on the farm at Jabata, Surulere local government area of Oyo State, has regained his freedom.
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A family source disclosed that he was released on Wednesday after a payment of N5million ransom.
His kidnappers initially demanded N100million but after four days of negotiations agreed to N5million.
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“This morning after initially agreeing to N5 million, they refused again demanding N10 million. But they eventually took N5million,” the source said.
The ransom was reportedly taken to a forest in Otte area, at the boundary between Oyo and Kwara States along the old Ogbomoso-Ilorin Road.
