Kidnappers treated me well –Nwosu’s wife

Toyin, the wife of the Deputy Managing Director of The Sun Newspapers, Mr Steve Nwosu, yesterday disclosed that her kidnappers treated her well. 
She, however, told New Telegraph she refused to eat for the 72 hours she spent in her abductors’ den.

Toyin, a mother of four, who was abducted from her house on Baale Street, Ogundaro Bashorun Akanwo Estate, Amuwo-Odofin, Lagos, about 2:30am on Monday, was released about 2:20am yesterday. It was gathered that the kidnappers dropped her off near Zenith Bank by Festac Bridge in Lagos and sped off in their boat. Toyin, who reunited with her worried husband and children, was tired and weak.
She said: “My kidnappers took very good care of me. They bought mosquito net. They said that my skin showed that my husband was rich, so they did not want mosquitoes to bite me. I, however, refused to eat throughout the time of my abduction.”
Addressing journalists yesterday at the Lagos Police Command, the state Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, expressed joy that Toyin was released unhurt. He said: “Happily, Toyin had been reunited with her family. She was released about 2:20am. I personally witnessed it.
I went with Steve (Nwosu) and family to receive his wife. She has debriefed us. We want to assure everyone in Lagos and Nigeria that the police will deploy all necessary investigative tools to track those involved in the crime and their sponsors.”
Owoseni explained that since the incident, police detectives had been working on covert operation, day and night, to get those involved. According to him, he and his men will not relent until the suspects are arrested. The commissioner said that the eventual arrest of the kidnappers would send a message across to other criminals. Owoseni praised Nwosu for giving police the utmost support.
Meanwhile, the house of the Nwosus was a beehive of activities yesterday as friends, relatives and journalists flocked the place. Nwosu, who was beaming with smile and gratitude to God, conducted visitors around the house to show them how the robbers cum kidnappers gained entry. Speaking briefly to journalists before going for recuperation, Toyin expressed profound gratitude to Almighty God, the publisher of The Sun and New Telegraph Newspapers, Dr Orji Kalu, the Lagos State Police Commissioner, Owoseni, the Department of State Services (DSS), the media and all those who prayed for her release.