How We Collectd N5m Ransom From Director Of Lagos Fire Sevice – Kidnappers 

CYRIACUS IZUEKWE 

Two suspected members of the kidnap gang that abducted the Acting Director of Lagos Fire Service, Rasaki Musibau, said that the gang collected N5 million as ransom for his release and not N50 million as was being circulated.

P.M.EXPRESS reports that the suspects made the revelation after they were arrested and paraded by the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Zubairu  Muazu at the State Command.

Musibau was abducted on Saturday April 6, 2019, by gunmen on the Ikorodu-Itoikin-Epe Road alongside six other persons whose identities were not disclosed. The victims were released three days later after ransom had been paid.
One of the suspects, Blessing Boyo, 29, who was paraded alongside Smart Alfred at the Command Headquarters, Ikeja, said that the gang leader, identified simply as MK, who is still at large, had told them that the ransom money brought was N5m.
Narrating how they kidnapped Musibau and the six others, Boyo said they used timbers to block the road before ambushing their victims. He added that the four guns used for the operation were brought by MK, who he said lured him into kidnapping.
Boyo said, “MK called me for the operation. He had guys in the bush.
He brought guns and said that it was kidnapping job. I have not kidnapped before. I used to carry timber with an operator.
“We blocked the road with woods, stopped vehicles and kidnapped them.
I have not been given any money. He said we should return to base first. It was MK that was with the money which he said was only N5m.
“My first time in Lagos was on April 5, 2019. I am from Arogbo in Ondo State. We did not beat the man. We took him into the bush. He was fed cooked food. MK’s boys cooked egusi and eba and the man was served.”
Corroborating Boyo’s statement, Alfred, also a native of Arogbo in Ondo State, said they followed MK because he fooled them he was a timber operator and needed carriers. He said it was when they got into the bush that he told them it was a kidnapping job he wanted them to do with him and since he was jobless he joined him.
“I did not understand what he meant. He showed us guns. I asked if he wanted to kill me but he said he would show me how he does the work. As we got where we wanted to operate, he cut a big wood and blocked the road. MK fled when the police arrested us” Alfred said.

CP Muazu said two single-barrel guns were recovered from the suspects and investigation was ongoing.