Mrs Oluwatoyin Nwosu, wife of the Deputy Managing Director
of The SUN Newspaper was kidnapped after her Ago residence was invaded by
a seven-man robbery gang. Though the robbers reportedly operated in other
buildings located on same street with the Nwosus, theirs took a worrisome
dimension following the abduction of Toyin.
For three days, her distraught husband was a shadow of himself , as he ran from pillar to post , looking for how to raise the N100 million requested as ransom for his wife’s release by her captors.
For three days, her distraught husband was a shadow of himself , as he ran from pillar to post , looking for how to raise the N100 million requested as ransom for his wife’s release by her captors.
At this juncture, she paused and
then heaved a sigh of relief . Thereafter, she buried her face in her palms,
apparently trying to picture the whole scenario again. On lifting her head, she
smiled and shook her head before continuing.
“ To my shock and disbelief,
they told me that somebody paid them to kill me. One of them said they were
hired to snuff life out of me. I do not know who their sponsor is because they did
not mention any name. But that will not deter me from doing what I know how to
do best- assisting people. I will continue be good to people”.
Asked if she was fed during her stay
there, she replied, '
“ They asked me to eat but I
refused. At a point, I had to accept when they begged me to eat but when the
food was brought, I refused to eat. I was even given the opportunity to request
for any food of my choice .In my conversation with some of them, they claimed
to be graduates and blamed what they were doing on unemployment. They treated
me like a queen because of the money they were expecting . But I thank God for
touching their hearts to release me and not to kill me as they claimed they
were paid to do” .
Asked if any other person was brought to the bush, she shook her head, noting that she was the only one there at the time.
“ At a point I was begging them to
release me. But they said they won’t because my husband had not paid the
ransom. I told them that my husband did not have money, that he was a bloody
journalist. But they said we were rich because of the calibre of people that
visited my husband and that we have invited the police . I told them that we
just have people that are good to us. I continued begging them, especially the
one that was beside me. I told him to plead on my behalf and he assured me he
would
On the day I was to be released , the one that had been
communicating with my husband came and begged me to eat, that he heard I had
not eaten. It was in the process of begging me that he disclosed that I would
be released that day. When I heard that I was going home I was so happy.
Immediately he told me I would be leaving,I refused to sleep again. But they
said that they won’t take me out during the day .
So, when it was time, I was taken again in a boat and before
I knew it I found my self under Festac new bridge around 2:15am on Thursday.
They did not give me money for transport because they knew someone would be
waiting for me there. The only thing they gave me was a phone which they said I
should call my husband any time I got to land.
“I don’t know why they treated me the way they did but I strongly believe that it was prayer that was at work. It was God that made them treat me nicely. But criminals will always be criminals. I thank God and every other person that played a role in my freedom. Irrespective of what has happened I will keep doing good. I believe that the good I am doing will surely get me to higher places. Most times people may pay you back with wrong action but I encourage people not to be weighed down by this. Rather, they should continue to be good and see it as something they are doing for God”. She said
“I don’t know why they treated me the way they did but I strongly believe that it was prayer that was at work. It was God that made them treat me nicely. But criminals will always be criminals. I thank God and every other person that played a role in my freedom. Irrespective of what has happened I will keep doing good. I believe that the good I am doing will surely get me to higher places. Most times people may pay you back with wrong action but I encourage people not to be weighed down by this. Rather, they should continue to be good and see it as something they are doing for God”. She said
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