The supervisor of the Alao-Akala’s farm, Christopher Bakare, who was reported to have been kidnapped on Saturday by suspected Fulani herdsmen on the farm at Jabata, Surulere Local Government Area has regained his freedom.

According to a reliable family source, Bakare was released on Wednesday after the payment of a ransom.

Recall that Oyoaffairs.net had reported that the suspected kidnappers demanded a sum of N100m, however a reliable family source said they had to raise N5m to get their staff freed.

The source added that the ransom was dropped at an agreed spot in a forest close to the Oyo/Kwara boundary, along Ogbomoso-Ilorin.

After being reunited with his family, Bakare narrated: “I was severely tortured, tied to a tree and given no food.”

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The supervisor of the Alao-Akala’s farm, Christopher Bakare, who was reported to have been kidnapped on Saturday by suspected Fulani herdsmen on the farm at Jabata, Surulere Local Government Area has regained his freedom.

According to a reliable family source, Bakare was released on Wednesday after the payment of a ransom.

Recall that Oyoaffairs.net had reported that the suspected kidnappers demanded a sum of N100m, however a reliable family source said they had to raise N5m to get their staff freed.

The source added that the ransom was dropped at an agreed spot in a forest close to the Oyo/Kwara boundary, along Ogbomoso-Ilorin.

After being reunited with his family, Bakare narrated: “I was severely tortured, tied to a tree and given no food.”

Updates later…