The decomposing body of a nursing mother, Kehinde Jibril, who was abducted by suspected kidnappers in Ago-Oja town in Kwara State’s Asa Local Government Area, has been discovered.
The body was discovered on Thursday on Ojoku road in the Ago-Oja area after frantic efforts to locate and rescue her from her kidnappers.
Kehinde had since been buried in Ago-Oja according to Islamic rituals.
Oriyomi Babatunde, another victim abducted with Kehinde on the same day in the town, was also injured during the abduction and eventually died in the hospital.
The deceased’s relatives had paid a portion of the money requested by the kidnappers.
The traditional chief of Ago-Oja, Daudu Arolu, confirmed the discovery of the corpse and burial of Kehinde in a telephone interview.
Sources close to the family of the deceased disclosed that the latest part payment of N6m demanded by the kidnappers was allegedly delivered before the discovery of the nursing mother’s corpse.
The kidnappers had last Friday reportedly directed the family of the deceased to bring the ransom for her release to Eiyekonrin town, a suburb of Ilorin, and later to Ogbomoso in Oyo State, but they could not be located.
Kehinde was abducted two days before the Eid-el-Fitr celebrations at her husband’s residence in Ago-Oja.
Sources told reporters that the kidnappers initially targeted her husband said to be a cattle dealer but abducted the wife because the husband was not at home when the kidnappers came calling.
