Family
sources on Thursday said that abductors of classroom teacher in Ekiti State,Mr.
Festus Olatunde Oke, have demanded a ransom of N20million for his release.
According
to the sources, the suspected kidnappers contacted the family members on
Wednesday, two days after Oke was
abducted.
The
source also quoted the victim's wife as saying that her husband's kidnappers
were Fulani.
When
contacted, the Secretary of Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) in Ekiti State,
Mr.Olugbenga Ajibade, confirmed that the family had been contacted, saying
"we in the NUT are also in contact with the family."
Ajibade
said, "we have also learnt that the kidnappers demanded a ransom of N20million
and we have been confused since the development."
"We
are at our wit's end because we don't even know how to come about that huge
amount of money. We don't even know how a teacher is expected to raise N20
million."
The
NUT scribe pleaded with the security operatives and the state government to
come to the aid of the union by ensuring timely release of their member.
The
teacher was kidnapped at a point on Ise - Ikere road by unknown people on
Monday around 6pm and taken into the forest while coming from Ado to his
station with his wife and mother.
The
kidnappers were said to have collected the phones of his wife and mother and
abandoned them in his Toyota Camry car in which they were travelling, and led
Oke into the bush.
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