This is not the best of times in the history of this entity called Nigeria, the major headlines in the news today is all about abduction and kidnapping. It is the latest thriving evil business our youths are indulging in where the government seemed to be helpless in curtailing it.
The recent abduction of Obafemi Awolowo University senior lecturer, Prof Olayinka Adegbehingbe on Ife-Ibadan road is another dimension that these evil people are already in the State of Osun.
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The revelation of the Prof Adegbehingbe that he paid N5.045 million as ransom to secure his own release from the kidnapper’s den is worrisome.
Adegbehingbe made the disclosure on Tuesday in Ile-Ife in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at his residence on the university campus.
The surgeon, who said he was hale and healthy, attributed his release to the power of God.
According to him, the kidnappers had demanded N30 million and later collected N5.045 million for his release after much negotiation.
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He condemned the level of insecurity across the country, saying the majority of the youths were jobless and had now resorted to crime.
“The Federal Government needs to invest more in security; we need to know the identity of people coming in and going out of the town, state and the country at large.
“The people who abducted me were Fulani herdsmen and they had four guns and multiple rounds of ammunition as well as different dangerous weapons, ” he said.
He called for community policing as well as the provision of employment for the youths, adding that ” idle hands are the devil’s workshop.’’
“I also thank the security operatives, the entire OAU and OAUTHC communities, our families, church members and all other well-wishers for their prayers and other support rendered,’’ he added.
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Prof. Oluwole Komolafe, the President of the Nigeria Medical Association in Osun, expressed gratitude to God for the release of Adegbehingbe.
“The Federal Government should look into the issue of security across the country so that citizens would have rest of mind,’’ he said.
Prof. Rasaq Adebayo, another colleague of Adegbehingbe and consultant cardiologist at OAU Teaching Hospital Complex, attributed the release to God’s intervention.
“We thank God for the release of our colleague for we cannot afford to miss an intelligent, competent and qualified surgeon like him,” he stated.
The Public Relations Officer of the university, Mr Abiodun Olarewaju confirmed the release of the kidnapped lecturer at about 8:00 pm on Monday.
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Adegbehingbe was kidnapped on the Ife-Ibadan expressway on Sunday while returning from Lagos.
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