VANGUARD
A 43-year-old realtor, Jimi Folarin, who went missing days after being called by a client to inspect properties in the Imota area of Ikorodu, Lagos State, has escaped from a kidnappers’ den following a report by Vanguard Newspaper.
Recall that Folarin’s sister, Omowunmi, told Vanguard that he left the house at exactly 4 PM on Wednesday for a property inspection and had not answered his phone since then.
She further stated that the case was reported to Igbogbo Police Station in Ikorodu.
However, in the late hours of Friday, Omowunmi reached out to Vanguard, stating that her brother Folarin had just returned home after escaping from the kidnappers’ den located in Sagamu, Ogun State.
Speaking about how he got kidnapped, Omowunmi explained to Vanguard that, according to her brother’s account, he took a motorcycle from his house to Itamaga, a place in Ikorodu, to meet with the clients. She said, “According to him, he took a bike from his house to Itamaga. When he got to Itamaga, he met the supposed client with a coaster bus. He entered the vehicle and found five men inside. Immediately he entered; they pointed a gun at him and told him to keep quiet.
“With fear, he asked them, ‘I thought you guys said we were going for the land?’ They said yes, let’s go for the land inspection. As they were going, they forced him to bow his head down. He then found himself inside a bungalow and didn’t know the direction.
“That’s how they took him to the house. They put him inside a room along with many others.
“He said that in the room, which was a bungalow, there were many people who had also been kidnapped. He told one of the men guarding the room that he needed to use the toilet. Although someone was already using it, he told the guard that he couldn’t hold it any longer and wanted to defecate.
