By Charles Akinbode
A couple, Andrew and Margaret Jonah, abducted while returning from a church vigil has narrrated their ordeal in the forest.
According to them, their abductors threatened to kill them and sell their dead bodies to the ritualists if their family fails to pay the ransom they have demanded.
They couple said they spent days in the forest with their captors without food or water until a police team led by SP. Moses Lohor, the Commander, Anti-Kidnapping Squad, rescued them from the kidnappers.
The wife said: “The kidnappers threatened to kill us and use our remains for ritual unless our relatives pay ransom.
“The firing power of the policemen overwhelmed the kidnappers. They abandoned me and my husband and ran away to avoid arrest.
“As we were hearing gunshots, the kidnappers abandoned us and ran away. Then, we heard people calling my husband’s name. My husband answered them when we realised that they were the policemen that came to rescue us.
“We are grateful to men of the Anti-Kidnapping Squad of Osun State Police Command for rescuing us.”
Meanwhile, the Osun State Police Command has said its men rescued the couple from their abductors.
The Public Relations Officer for the command, Yemisi Opalola, Ina statement, said: “The kidnappers engaged police operatives in a gun duel during the rescue operation. One of the kidnappers died during the faceoff and we recovered a gun from the kidnappers.”
