Idowu Shaba, a 55-year-old cocoa merchant in Supare Akoko, Ondo State, has reportedly escaped from the captivity of his abductors while they slept off.
The victim, according to reports, was kidnapped between Ago and ldoani while travelling for a church engagement.
A police source said the victim was abducted with another lady and was whisked into the thick forest with their hands tied to their back.
A family source revealed that the abductors had demanded N10 million ransom before the miraculous escape of the victim.
According to her, “Shaba had pretended to be in deep sleep, snoring heavily in the night that must have made his abductors, who believed that their victims were deeply asleep to also sleep with comfort.
“Shaba seized the opportunity to use their sharp cutlasses to cut the rope he and others were tied with and escaped”.
The state Police spokesperson, Funmi Odunlami, said the victim narrated his ordeal to police detectives in the community after he escaped from the kidnappers’ den.
