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The abducted wife of
the Speaker of Osun State House of Assembly, Mr. Najeem Salam, on Saturday
regained her freedom from her kidnappers after about five days in captivity.
The speaker’s first
wife, Muiba, was abducted in Ejigbo, Osun State, last Tuesday by unknown gunmen
who chased her car and abducted her as she attempted to escape.
Acting on a tip-off,
security operatives on Saturday stormed the Ogunmakin, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
hideout of the kidnappers and rescued Mrs. Salam after an exchange of fire.
SUNDAY PUNCH learnt
that two of the suspected kidnappers who attempted to smuggle the Osun
Speaker’s wife from the hideout were shot dead by the rescue team.
Three other members
of the gang were also arrested and handed over to the State Police
Headquarters, Eleweran, Abeokuta.
The State
Commissioner of Police, Ikemefuna Okoye, declined to comment on the rescue
mission.
As at 8.00pm on
Saturday, Okoye said he was yet to be given details of the incident.
Security sources
however, disclosed that the Ogun State Vigilance Service carried out the arrest
of the kidnappers and the rescue.
A statement by the
Osun State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Sunday Akere, on
Saturday night, rejoiced with the Speaker on the rescue of his wife.
Several people
thronged the palace of the Ogiyan of Ejigbo, Oba Omowonuola Oyesosin, on
Saturday, after receiving the news of the rescue just as the Speaker’s
residential quarters in Osogbo was visited by numerous sympathisers.
THE PUNCH had
exclusively reported that the kidnappers had demanded a ransom of N200m for the
release of the 38-year-old woman and mother of four.
The Punch Newspaper
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