Abductors of a ward chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ondo State have reduced their initial demand of N100 million ransom to N5 million.
The kidnappers, who abducted the Ward 5 APC chairman in Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State, Nelson Adepoyigi, added food items to the list before he would be released.
Adepoyigi was kidnapped on Monday evening at his house situated along Ifon-Owo Road within the local government.
The chairman of the council, Kolapo Oja, who disclosed the development, stated that “as of last night, the negotiation we received from them was N5 million.
According to him, negotiations were still ongoing, with a final agreement yet to be reached as regards the exact amount to be paid.
“We have appealed to them to reduce the ransom to a more reasonable amount.
“I asked the family members and some council officials to return and see if they could negotiate it down to N2 million.
“They are yet to report back. We hope he returns safely to us,” he said.
