Report from Iye Ekiti in Ilejemeje Local Government Area of Ekiti State says a Mechanic, known as Ameachi Bernard, on Thursday 15th February, 2024, allegedly kidnapped a sixteen year old girl around eight o clock in the evening.
The Suspected Kidnapper who is a mechanic by profession, rented a piece of land in Oke-Iye along Obada/Iludun Road in Iye Ekiti and kept the kidnapped girl in the house of his landlady who was said to have travelled about a month ago.
Radio Nigeria gathered that the kidnapped girl was playing with her younger sister in front of their house when the incident happened around eight o’clock in the evening.
In a telephone interview, Father of the victim, Mr. Segun Adeyeye who confirmed the incident, said that the suspected kidnapper who happened to be a neighbour, used the phone of the kidnapped girl to call him around twelve in the midnight and demanded a ransom of thirty million naira.
He explained that immediately the incident filtered into the air, both residents and police swung into action, but the suspect escaped, while his clothes were discovered on the ground.
The victim, Testimony Adeyeye is currently receiving treatment at a private hospital in Iye Ekiti, as Radio Nigeria Progress FM gathered that the she was beaten by the abductor while shouting for help.
Police have since arrested the wife of the suspected kidnapper, while residents of Ilejemeje have expressed hope that the Ekiti State Police Command would conduct thorough investigation into the incident.
