A victim of kidnapping, Adefunke Ale, has narrated her experience when she was kidnapped in Amurin on Akure/Owo Road in Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State.

Ms Ale told journalists on Tuesday in Akure that eight suspected kidnappers ambushed her on October 15 on her way to Akure from Owo.

According to her, she was with her brother, Yemi Ogunmolasuyi, who was driving the car they travelled in when the kidnappers, who did not cover their faces and were armed with AK-47 rifles, waylayed them.

She said the kidnappers said they targeted her to collect a huge ransom from her son, Akeem Olugosi, living in the United States of America (USA).

“They shot at our car, and we had to park, and all the car doors opened

“Four of them guided me to the bush, and another set of four guided my elder brother also to the bush,” she said.

She said that on sighting a mud portion in the bush, she fell flat on the mud because of tiredness.

“They had to drag me, and in the process, I sustained some wounds on my legs.

“While being dragged, one of them asked them to carry me, and they had already removed my footwear and had taken my bag, which contained many valuables: international passport, driver’s licence, cell phones, national identity card, ATM card, and a smaller bag,” Ms Ale narrated.

The victim said motorists plying the road could not wait to help her. However, she said some policemen rescued her and took her to the hospital for medical care.

Ms Ale said attempts to ask for help from motorists yielded no positive results, adding that she was there for almost 30 minutes before some boys came out from the bush opposite the area.

“I appealed to them to carry me, but in the process, policemen arrived, and I told them that the kidnappers had taken my brother away, and the police said that they would carry me to their station to report.

“When we got to Emure-Ile Police Station, the DPO there asked them to quickly take me to the Federal Medical Centre in Owo ( FMC) for medical treatment,” she said.

According to her, her brother spent six days with the kidnappers because they initially asked for N100 million as ransom.

Ms Ale appealed to the government at all levels to find a lasting solution to the menace of kidnapping on Nigerian roads.

(NAN)