Family of 3 Oyo indigenes kidnapped in Kaduna seeks Tinubu, Makinde’s help

...as ultimatum to pay N100m ransom ends 

THE family of kidnapped Squadron Leader, Nurudeen Popoola, a Nigerian Air Force officer; his wife, Dr Ganiyat Olawale-Popoola, a practising medical doctor and Abdulmugniy Folaranmi, a 16-year-old 100-level student of the Nigerian Air Force Institute of Technology, Kaduna, have appealed to President Bola Tinubu and Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde to come to the rescue of their kidnapped victims.

The victims, who hailed from Iseyin, were kidnapped at their residence, National Eyes Centre Quaters, Mando, Kaduna December 27, 2023 and have been with their abductors till now, while an ultimatum of Thursday, January 18 has been given to them to pay N100 milliom ransom to avoid being killed.

A cousin of the Air Force officer, Olatunde Rafiu, who spoke with journalists in Ibadan, yesterday, said the family members have made frantic efforts to reach out to the state governor through e-mail, as they could not meet with him physically.

He stated that the e-mail dated January 8, 2023, was sent to the governor, but there has not been any response to date. He, therefore, begged Governor Makinde to reach out to the Kaduna State governor, Senator Uba Sani, to look for a way out so that the lives of the victims will not be wasted.

“Since our brother and his wife with our young brother have been kidnapped, we have made all efforts to raise the money requested by the kidnappers, which is N100 million but all we could get till this moment is just N30million, for two weeks the abductors did not call us till they did on Monday, telling us that they gave us till Thursday (today) to come up with the money.”

“We are renewing our appeal to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and our Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde please help us do something within the little time left of the ultimatum given, God Almighty will protect you, your children and your loved ones,” Folaranmi begged.