{"id":106419,"date":"2024-01-06T19:55:55","date_gmt":"2024-01-06T18:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/we-paid-our-abductors-n91m-abuja-music-band-leader-recounts-ordeal"},"modified":"2024-01-06T22:28:10","modified_gmt":"2024-01-06T21:28:10","slug":"we-paid-our-abductors-n91m-abuja-music-band-leader-recounts-ordeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/we-paid-our-abductors-n91m-abuja-music-band-leader-recounts-ordeal","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We paid our abductors N91m\u2019 \u2014 Abuja music band leader recounts ordeal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Adewunmi Samuel Sofomade, the leader of the Abuja-based music band kidnapped along the Lokoja highway, has disclosed the amount paid for their release.<\/p>\n<p>The band leader was abducted in December 2023, alongside his crew, while returning from a show in Kogi State.<\/p>\n<p>The 13-man group was later released after a few days in captivity.<\/p>\n<p>However, recounting his ordeal in a recent interview with BBC Yoruba, the band leader, also called Omoba De Jombo Beats, stated that the kidnappers later reduced their ransom from N10m to N7 million each before they were released.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were 13 that went to perform at a burial ceremony in Itakete Isao, close to Isan-Olu in Kogi State. And we had to move by road because they don\u2019t have an airport in Kogi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had gone since Thursday. We finished performing at about 5:30 pm on Friday. So we felt that there was still time to return to Abuja. The incident happened just after we have past Dangote Cement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe spent six days with the kidnappers inside a very thick forest and the six days felt like six years because a lot of things happened in that forest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey asked for N10 million each. We started begging their commandant that we could not gather N10 million. He later reduced it to N7 million each.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we received the information that the money had been completed but there was no cash during the December period, we started looking for cash. They initially agreed that the money be converted to dollars, but their leader later changed his mind and insisted on naira.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Adewunmi Samuel Sofomade, the leader of the Abuja-based music band kidnapped along the Lokoja highway, has disclosed the amount paid for their release. The band leader was abducted in December 2023, alongside his crew, while returning from a show in Kogi State. 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