2-year-old school boy, Emmanuel Alonge who was abducted in the early hours of Monday has been returned to his parentsby the kidnappers after his family paid N5 million ransom.
Little Alonge was kidnapped by yet to be identified gunmen on Monday at Iju area of Lagos State and taken to an unknown
destination.
While expressing his joy after reconciling with his son, Mr. Alonge said the family picked up the boy around 3.00 on Saturday at Car Wash bus stop, Alakuko, where the kidnappers dropped him.
“I thank God, the baby is fine. They treated him well. The house boy is still with the police as they are still investigating the case,” he said.
It would be recalled that the little boy was abducted by unknown gunmen on his way to school on Monday in his parent’s Lexus Jeep in the company of the driver (Daniel) and a private nurse (Mrs. Adeyemo).
DailyPost gathered from an eyewitness that the kidnappers had been in the vicinity awaiting their victim some hours before the time in a black Mitsubishi Montero jeep packed at a distance of about seven buildings away from the residence of the Alonges.
He said, “Truly, we noticed the
black jeep packed, but we didn’t suspect any ulterior motive because the passengers were outside playing and chasing each others about, until when we noticed them moving again to block the coming Lexus jeep carrying the boy to school.”
black jeep packed, but we didn’t suspect any ulterior motive because the passengers were outside playing and chasing each others about, until when we noticed them moving again to block the coming Lexus jeep carrying the boy to school.”
Another eye witness, Kamilu Sulaimon explained that trouble began for the Alonge family when the Montero jeep pretended to be moving away from the Willisco Street only to block the Lexus jeep.
“The jeep refused to give way to the Lexus jeep and at the same time refused to move on; the driver of the Lexus jeep started to hoot and suddenly, the kidnappers alighted and demanded for the boy.
“We noticed that the driver refused, this made the assailants threatened to break the glass, eventually, the driver opened the door when he saw the guns with them, they threw the private nurse under the SUV car, and sped off with the child.”
While narrating her ordeal in the hands of the kidnappers, the private nurse, Mrs. Adeyemo explained that because she was thrown under the vehicle and that the driver could not ride on her, it gave the assailants ample time to drive off before the chase that followed could be effected.
According to her, the kidnappers hit her several times with gun butt when she refused to release the boy, adding that “when they opened the door, they told us ‘we are not going to kill you if only you give us the boy’; I then told them that I will not release the boy, until they kill me, that was when they hit me in the head and when I slumped they threw me under the vehicle.”
However, the arrested driver, Mr Gabriel Olajubu and the house boy, Stephen and two guards are still with the police in connection with the incident.
