Kidnappers release APC councillorship candidate’s daughter after father withdraws from race

All Progressives Congress, APC, councillorship
candidate for Odi-Olowo Local Council
Development Area, LCDA, Lagos, Bode Adeosun,
has withdrawn from the race, following threat by
kidnappers to abduct his children.
Investigation by Vanguard revealed that his
withdrawal was the only condition given by
abductors for the release of his abducted 19-
year-old daughter, Bukola.
Bukola was abducted by gun-toting men at
about 9p.m last Tuesday and taken to an
unknown destination. Her abductors, as
gathered, contacted her father in the early hours
of yesterday, informing him that Bukola was in
their custody.
The only condition they gave for her release was
his withdrawal from the race.
Information at Vanguard ’s disposal has it that
Adeosun’s withdrawal from the race was
announced during a meeting with candidates
from other wards in the council area.

Found
Report had it that immediately it was announced,
Adeosun got a call to go and pick his daughter
at Damegoro Street, Mushin, with a stern
warning to go alone.
The strange caller was said to have threatened
to kill his daughter if he came with anyone or
attempted to invite the Police.
The daughter, Bukola, was reportedly found
blindfolded and unconscious, Friday midnight,
with her hands and legs tied. She was rushed to
the hospital where she regained consciousness
the following day.
At press time, the undergraduate was still too
shock to narrate her ordeal in the hands of her
abductors.

Starved
Family sources, however, hinted that she was
starved during her three-day ordeal in captivity.
According to sources, “we were told that
immediately she was ordered to enter the car,
they blindfolded her and took her to an unknown

destination.
“When they got to the destination, her hands
and legs were tied. She was left in that position
for three days without food or water.
“As if that was not enough, she said that they
beat her throughout her stay until she was
dumped at Damegoro Street. If she had spent
more than one hour where she was dumped,
only God knows what would have been her
fate.”

Fresh threat
Meanwhile, Vanguard gathered that perpetrators
of the kidnap called Adeosun and ordered him to
remain indoors with members of his family until
the election was over.
Since the call was received, no member of the
family had dared to move out of their apartment.
Sources close to the politician told Vanguard
that the threat could be politically motivated.
It was also gathered that Adeosun could be
under close watch, as any move he made was
always related to him on the phone by the
strange caller.
A resident, who confirmed the family’s
compulsory stay at home order to Vanguard,
said: “This is clearly a strategy to completely
remove him from the race. The man has
stepped down, what else do they want from
him?
“Immediately his daughter was released, he
removed all his posters around and burnt them
right in front of his house, in the full glare of
everyone.

Antecedents
“When he contested in 2002, under the umbrella
of the Alliance for Democracy, AD, his house
was burnt and he was forced to step down. He
had stepped down on two other occasions, until
the mandate was given to him now to run. But
that again, has been stalled.
“His children did not go to school today
(yesterday) same with him and his wife. The
local government election is coming up on July
22. How do they want him to feed his family if
he remains indoor? What sin has the children
committed to warrant such treatment being
meted on them?
“Besides, this is third term when they need to
sit for their promotional examinations. Every
member of the family is living in fear because
they do not know what move their enemy
intends to make next.”