2-Year Old Boy Freed After N5M Ransom Was Paid

Little Emmanuel Oluwatunniso Alonge
Kidnapped Nigerian two-year old school boy, Emmanuel Alonge has been
returned to his parents by the kidnappers after his family paid N5
million ransom.
Alonge was kidnapped by yet to be identified gunmen on Monday at Iju
area of Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria and taken to an unknown
destination.
The kidnappers had earlier demanded for N150 million, which they later
slashed to N100 million and then to N20 million and later to N5
million.
Mr. Olusegun Alonge, father of the boy told P.M. NEWS on phone this
morning that the boy has been returned to the family by the kidnappers
after paying N5 million ransom.
The overjoyed Alonge said the family picked up the boy around 3.00
this morning at Car Wash bus stop, Alakuko, where the kidnappers
dropped him.
"I thank God, the baby is fine. They treated him well. Thehouse boy is
still with the police as they are still investigating the case," he
said.
Little Alonge was being taken to school in the parent's Lexus Jeep in
the company of the driver (Daniel) and the private nurse (Mrs.
Adeyemo) when the kidnappers who ambushed and overpowered them
snatched the little boy from them at gun point.
It was gathered from eye witnesses that the kidnappers wore masks
during the operation and had been in the vicinity awaiting their
victim some hours before the time.
It was learnt that when they arrived the area, they droveand packed
their black Mitsubishi Montero jeep at a distance of about seven
buildings away from the residence of the Alonge's.
An eye witness had said that, "Truly, we noticed the blackjeep packed,
but we didn't suspect any ulterior motive because the passengers were
outside playing and chasing each other about, until when we noticed
them moving again to block the coming Lexus jeep carrying the boy to
school."
Another eye witness, Kamilu Sulaimon said 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 spedoff with the child," he explained.
The nurse, Adeyemo explained that because she was thrown under the
vehicle and that Daniel 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 thentold 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.
Source: Pm News