A 50 year old survivor of a kidnap attempt, Gbenga Maxwell Ajayi, has narrated how he regained his freedom and the ordeal he faced while returning home.
He told Vanguard Newspaper in a recent interview that he was on his way to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos State, from where he was billed to travel to London, when he was kidnapped by the driver of the commercial bus he boarded.
Gbenga said he had boarded the vehicle heading from Ijaye area of Lagos to Oshodi on Friday, when the bus driver sprayed perfume inside the vehicle, apparently to stop bad odour but they all dozed off. He added that upon waking up, he and other passengers were in an apartment and they looked all dizzy with white stains on their bodies.
The 50-year-old said he regained his freedom after his abductors who noticed he wasn’t good for ritual purposes. However, he met a woman at the place he was dumped who urinated on his head before he could regain consciousness.
“I heard an old man giving order for my release saying that I cannot be used for ritual purposes. Immediately, the charms placed on my head were removed, my eyes tied and was driven to an area, very close to a construction site.
“I saw a woman who told me that I am at Epe. I explained my ordeal to the woman; she urinated on my head and immediately I regained consciousness. She sympathized with me, and gave me N500 and left. I then asked for direction from some headsmen who directed me on how to locate my way to Ajah.”