Alhaji Rasaq Lawal popularly known as Arolat, MD/CEO of Arolat Petroleum that was reportedly kidnapped yesterday has been released by his kidnappers. The news about his release is still sketchy, as either he was released after the payment of ransom or he was rescued by Nigeria Police.
Lawal was reportedly kidnapped at about
6.30pm on Sunday, March 27.
Lawal, a native of Ayetoro in Yewa north local
government area of Ogun state was picked up by
unknown men who came in a white picnic, Highlander
and a Camry car.
It was gathered that the
kidnappers disguised like men of the Special Anti
Robbery Squad (SARS) until they came down and
started shooting.
A source explained that, “it was like a film, my
brother who witnessed the incident disclosed that
those people are not security agents but kidnappers.
“They came in three cars and dressed like SARS
officials, he said they initially thought that they are
police officers until they came down from the cars,
started shooting sporadically to the air and
everybody had to run for dear lives.
“He said he was beaten blue black before he was
whisked away inside the Camry car while they
pursued them to Sunwa road before they were fired
at to scared them away.”
The victim’s younger brother, Alhaji Akeem Lawal,
was also kidnapped late last year while he was
preparing for the 2015 hajj exercise in Saudi Arabia.
Aolak, as he was popularly called, had concluded all
arrangements to be part of the 2015 pilgrims from
Ogun state, but was abducted few days to his
departure, and he missed the hajj exercise.
It was reported that young Lawal’s abductors
demanded for N150 million naira ransome from the
family then.
It was this Razaq Lawal, his elder brother, according
to a family source, that ran from pillar to post to
secure the release of his brother.
A family source confirmed to our correspondent that
the family parted ways with sum of N50 million naira
as ransome before Aolak would be released after
spending days in their den.
It was gathered that he had been in the hospital
since then,recuperating from the wounds he got from
the gunshot from his abductors.
It was confirmed this evening that Aolak was just
discharged from UCH Ibadan two weeks ago since
October last year after he was referred to Ibadan
from a private hospital in Abeokuta.
The abductors of the elder Lawal this evening, made
it two members of the family that would be
kidnapped within six months.
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