Kogi poly student kidnapped, abductors demand N10m

A student of the Kogi State Polytechnic, Miss Adebanjo Adetutu, has been kidnapped.

Adedutu, who is a final-year Higher National Diploma student of the Department of Office Technology Management, was abducted by unknown men along the Itakpe-Lokoja-Okene Road. She was said to be travelling to her home town in Ogun State when the kidnappers struck.

The incident occurred almost at the same time that three stalwarts of the Advanced Peoples Democratic Alliance, Kogi State chapter, were kidnapped in the state.


The Director of Students’ Affairs, National Association of Kogi State Students, Mr. Salihu Lukman, in a statement made available to our correspondent, said the kidnappers had earlier demanded the sum of N10m as ransom and later reduced it to N500,000.

“As I speak to you, negotiation is still ongoing. Today makes it the fourth day since Adetutu was kidnapped and her poor mother, who happens to be a widow, cannot afford the ransom. We are pleading with the government and the general public to come to the aid of this poor child so that we can secure her release,” he said.

Lukman also said the Kogi State Police Command had been informed about the incident and the Commissioner of Police, Ali Janga, promised to secure Adetutu’s release within the shortest possible time.