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The assailants called family members of their victims on Sunday to make the demand, threatening to harm the landlords if the demand was not met.
Unrealistic Ransom Demand
Describing the demand as unrealistic, a source in the community said,
“They have made contact and they asked for N300m for each of the victims. They said they would communicate where they would drop the money. But we all know that the demand is unrealistic. Where do they expect the families to get N1.2bn from?”
And landlords in all the estates had started a series of meetings to find a way out of the conundrum, adding that the incident was unprecedented in the community.
The Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone 2 Police Command, Lagos, Abdulmajid Ali, through Muyiwa Adejobi said the team had been given an order to rescue the victims unhurt.
The Kidnapping incident occurred 8am on Saturday while the residents were jogging around.
Information gathered that the gunmen, who emerged from the waterways were masked. They were said to have shot sporadically into the air before taking away their victims in a speedboat.
Those who escaped the attack said they hid in the water for over one hour until security operatives arrived in the area.