Five lecturers and members of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology have been released.
They were kidnapped while returning from the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of unions in all the six Oyo state owned tertiary institutions which was held at Oke-Ogun Polytechnic in Saki on Thursday September 19.
They regained their freedom after the members of staff of Oyo state college of Agriculture and Technology collectively contributed the sum of N5 million and paid as ransom to the kidnappers before they were set free.
A source, who spoke to newsmen said
“We just secured their release this night after payment of five million contributed by our members.
“I want to tell you that we have lost confidence in the Nigerian Police Force. Those who kidnapped our leaders were Fulanis.
“We are going to stage a protest to the government secretariat to remove totally the ‘Kara’ market in this area. We will down tools until the market is removed"
from The nation online
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