Armed Robbers Kidnap OAU Lecturer And Demand N70 Million Ransom

Unknown gunmen on Friday, May 8, 2015 captured a lecturer in the Faculty of Environmental Design Management of the Obafemi Awolowo University,  Ile Ife, Osun State, Dr. Femi Omisore while he was on his way to attend a funeral in Oye Ekiti, Ekiti State.

According to Punch, Omisore’s abductors trailed him for a while, as his driver wanted to stop the attackers from overtaking them.

When the gunmen finally surpass them, they were said to have shot the driver out of anger, setting the lecturer’s vehicle ablaze by shooting at his fuel tank, before rushing to take Omisore to an unknown location

Affirming the incident was the Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, OAU chapter, Dr. Caleb Aborisade, said: “According to the information I gathered from his family, Dr. Femi Omisore was kidnapped on Friday evening when he was going for a funeral ceremony in Oye Ekiti.

“I learnt that a member of his department was burying his father in Oye Ekiti and he was traveling there when he was kidnapped.

“The kidnappers used his telephone to call his wife this morning (Sunday) and they demanded N70 million ransom.

“We are not politicians, we are running our union with stipends from our members and where do they expect us to get such amount.”