By Ayodele Oni
More calamity has befallen the family of the abducted five women in Ekiti State as two other members sent to deliver ransom to the kidnappers have been held hostage.
The five women were kidnapped at Erinmope – Ekiti, Moba Local Government area late last month and have since been with their abductors.
On Saturday, January 24, 2026, gunmen stormed Erinmope- Ekiti, in Moba Local Government area of Ekiti State and seized the five women, among whom were a nursing mother, pregnant woman and three others .
The abductors had demanded N100million ransom from the family from their hideout somewhere at Idofin, Ero Local Government area of Kwara State, out of which N10million was raised.
The latest victims, whose names were given as Ibrahim Soliu and Mohammad Soliu, were sent by the family to deliver the money.
The head of the family Alhaji Muhammad Soliu Okanlawon( alias Elebenla),in a telephone interview with journalists, explained that the family had pleaded with the bandits for the downward review of the ransom from N100millon to N10million.
He gave the identities of the earlier five abductees as Kehinde Mahmud, Adijat Hussein, Hawawu Suleiman, Fatima and another Fatima.
Narrating his ordeal, Alhaji Okanlawon explained that they reached out to the extended family members who made the donations, adding that they were only able to raise N10million .
“We took a N10 million ransom to the kidnappers last Friday, February 6,2026 at a location in Orun Ago in Omu-aran, only to be moved to Idofin in Oke Ero Local Government, all in Kwara.
“Our family has been traumatized by this incident, we have struggled to raise N10million with the hope that these kidnappers will show mercy on us by releasing five members of our family earlier abducted.
“But we were thrown into a deeper pain when we received the call that two of my brothers who took the ransom for remittance had been held hostage too.
“This is pure wickedness, we don’t even know what to do again .They said the money we brought was too small after we had pleaded with them.
“We are appealing to the government to come to our aid. again.We are using this medium to appeal to the government to come to our rescue.
“We don’t even know what to do again. One of the victims is carrying a nine- month old pregnancy, you can imagine the kind of trauma she will be going through now. It is indeed a painful experience for the family”, he lamented.
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