The good news is that officers of the Lagos State Police Command have rescued him from the hands of his kidnappers.
According to information at my disposal, one of the abductors was reportedly killed during the rescue operation, while two others were arrested.
The alleged mastermind of the kidnap was the student's family driver, one Adebayo John, who was taking the teenager to school when the kidnappers struck.
The teenager was reportedly rescued by policemen attached to Ikoyi Division under Area 'A' Command, from the kidnappers den last Friday. The rescue operation was said to have taken place in a forest at Olorun Lekan village, Oja-Odan, in Ilaro, Ogun State.
On the day the incident happened, the family driver, while supposedly going to drop the teenager in school, picked the kidnap suspect and drove to their den in Ilaro, from where they called the victim's family two days later, demanding for a N60 million ransom.
The victim's father who had traveled out of the country the previous day was forced to return back to the country immediately, while his mother was said to have been admitted in hospital.
However, luck smiled their way on Friday, when the kidnappers were meant to receive the ransom, as operatives from Ikoyi, acting on a tip-off, stormed Ilaro, where they arrested one of the suspects, who during interrogation disclosed where the teenager was kept.
While navigating through the dreaded forest, two other members, the driver and one other person, who were said to have been waiting by the bush path for the ransom.
On sighting the policemen, one of them reportedly attacked them with a knife, following which he was shot.
The deceased suspect was reportedly discovered to be the brother of the driver.
While narrating his 10-day ordeal in the hands of his captors, the teenager was quoted to have said he never suspected he was kidnapped until they got to the bush.
He said, "Even when Mr. Adebayo stopped to pick up the men on the way, I did not bulge. I did not know where I was being taken to until I was taken to the forest.
"They kept me in a tent made with bamboo sticks, with fetish objects hung everywhere. At that point, I became afraid. I even thought they kidnapped both of us. I was scared all through.
"I was only fed twice. The first time I was given rice and the second time I was given pap and bean cake.
"They threatened to kill me if my father did not bring the ransom," the young boy concluded.
*Kidnappers everywhere in Lagos ehn, thank God he was found alive, wonder the traumatic experience he must have gone through*
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