Kidnapped 21-Year-Old Boy Reunited With His Father After Two Years

A 21- year- old boy who was allegedly kidnapped by his father’s personal assistant and a travel agent has been found after two years while the suspects have been arrested by the police.

The Punch reports:

A 38-year-old man, Christopher Osoba, and one Emmanuel Okenze, aka Coach, have been arrested by the police for allegedly kidnapping a student, Olamilekan Ogunbiyi, 21.

Osoba was the personal assistant to Olamilekan’s father, Abayomi Ogunbiyi. It was learnt that Abayomi  had sought to get his son to travel abroad when Osoba volunteered to help.

Osoba linked up the family with Okenze, who claimed to be a travel agent.

The victim’s father was said to have paid Okenze, N900, 000 and N300,000 at different times to facilitate the travel.

The men, with some other suspects, were said to have connived and kidnapped the victim.

A police source said, “In August 2013, the boy’s father asked his PA (Osoba) to accompany the boy to the airport. They indeed got to the airport. But they cast a spell on him and he lost his mind. They asked the boy to go to Coach’s (Okenze) house. They ordered him around and he could not reach his family again. Meanwhile, they had told his father that the travel was successful and they started collecting money from him under the pretext of it was being sent to Olamilekan. Sometime in June, the boy regained his consciousness. He got a phone with which he contacted his father and narrated his ordeals. His father could not believe that his son was still in Nigeria.”

The police were said to have been alerted, leading to the arrest of Osoba and Okenze.
The police arraigned them before an Ebute-Meta Chief Magistrate’s Court on seven counts of kidnapping, stealing, obtaining money and accessories after facts.
The defendants pleaded not guilty to the charges.

The matter was adjourned till July 22, 2015.