Marvelous Ayomide Ogunjolu, a 14-year-old boy, described how he managed to escape from thugs he believed to be kidnappers in Ondo State.
The boy was taken away along Ojomu’s palace in Owo on Wednesday, April 12, 2023, as he was returning from where he had gone to buy toothpaste for his father, according to the state-owned newspaper.
The boy described how his kidnappers were forced to let him go after he screamed when he saw a police cruiser.
“My father sent me to buy toothpaste in the afternoon. And on my way back from the shop where I bought the toothpaste, I saw some men and they asked me to follow them. They warned me not to shout or they will kill me with a gun,” the boy narrated.
“I was afraid. So, I went with them, because I didn’t want them to kill me. All along, I was crying. They drove through Akure to Ondo and later to Ore,”
“This morning (Thursday), they came back to Ondo. I was in the car, when I saw a police car coming and blowing sirens. So, I started shouting for help. The kidnappers were afraid and they drove off to a street and dropped me there,”
“When I asked passersby for the name of the street, I was told it is called Akinjagunla. I want to call my daddy to tell him that I am in Ondo now.”
