A businessman in Ugbe Akoko, Akoko North East council area of Ondo State, Mr Augustine Okoye, has reportedly been killed by kidnappers after payment of ransom.
It was gathered that Okoye, a popular cream dealer and his wife were kidnapped along the Isua-Ise Akoko highway on their way home from Isua market.
It was reported that the assailants abducted and killed the businessman over some irreconcilable differences on the ransom paid by his family members.
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However, the wife was released.
A source,
“We have been trying to get some information from her since she was released but she has kept mute. She, however, said that the kidnappers warned her not to divulge any information about her experiences in their den otherwise they will come back for her”.
“She told those close to her that the abductors also warned her not to disclose the amount paid to them as ransom and those who were involved in the negotiation and those who eventually brought the money to them.”
Comfirming the incident to newsmen a police source in Ikare Akoko, said the vehicle of the victims have been recovered from the scene of the incident.
The source added that men of the Ondo Amotekun corps and local vigilante groups were combing the forest to recover the dead body and arrest the suspects.
