A Guardian journalist, Eniola Daniel, on Tuesday night, escaped from a four-member kidnapping gang at Toyota Bus Stop, Apapa-Oshodi expressway, Lagos
.
The Guardian journalist said he had left his office around 11:30 p.m. and waited in front of the office for a bus to convene him.
Danie said a white colour mini-bus popularly called “korope” with three passengers had stopped to convene him.
According to the Guardian journalist, he told the driver where he was going and he was asked to board but after leaving, the driver switched to another route.
The Guardian journalist, who is also a media consultant, said he asked why they were going through the route but the driver told him that it was better he followed them to Oshodi.
Daniel said he became worried and force the door of the bus but the driver and one of the members of the gang forced the door closed.
The Guardian journalist said he was able to open the door of the car after much struggle and he jumped down and the driver drove off when other motorists were approaching.
He sustained injuries on his right elbow and back.
In his words: “I was almost kidnapped tonight, but thank God I escaped, but not without injury. Well, it’s a victory and I thank God. Please be careful out there, go home early.”
The Guardian journalist advised everyone to go home early to avoid experiencing the same.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) recalls that sometime in February 2021, the PUNCH newspaper journalist, Okechukwu Nnodim, and two others with whom he was abducted, regained freedom from their abductors.
Mr Nnodim and two sons of his neighbour were kidnapped by gunmen who shot their way into their home in Kubwa area of Abuja at about 11 p.m. on Wednesday.
“We were told last night that they had been released, but they came home this morning,” Oluchi Nnodim, wife of the kidnapped journalist said.
It was gathered that the kidnappers demanded N10 million ransom for Mr Nnodim’s release.
Asked about the circumstances of her husband’s freedom after three days of captivity, Mrs Nnodim said, “All I can say now is I thank God for his release.”
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