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By Amah<\/p>\n
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A suspected kidnapper, Tosin Oke, also known as \u201cOld Soldier,\u201d who was part of a gang that abducted an oil magnate on Ado Road in Ajah months ago, has revealed how he spent his share of the ransom he received after the operation with other members of his kidnapping gang.<\/span><\/p>\n In an interview with Vanguard, Oke, who spoke in Pidgin English, said: \u201cThey gave me $1,700, and when I exchanged it at the Bureau De Change, I received N1.8 million. I used part of it for my children\u2019s school fees, feeding, and saved the rest in my account. I regret getting involved in this; I\u2019m not even sure if I was bewitched into joining them. I don\u2019t understand how I became part of this.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n The oil magnate was at his dredging site when a six-man armed gang abducted him, taking him away in a speedboat to an undisclosed location via the waterways. The heavily armed kidnappers fired shots into the air to deter anyone from approaching them.<\/span><\/p>\n The victim\u2019s family managed to raise N42 million, which they converted into $30,000 as demanded by the kidnappers, along with an additional N100,000 in cash. The ransom was delivered to the gang, but three of the kidnappers, Adelaja Ikuesan, 37, Tosin Oke, 40, and Oluwabunmi Yusuf, 39, were eventually apprehended in their hideout after dividing the ransom.<\/span><\/p>\n Oke, who had been involved in bunkering and kidnapping for a long time, admitted that he had used his share of the ransom to address his family\u2019s needs. He denied that the mansion he built in the Badagry area of Lagos was solely funded by his criminal activities, claiming that it was constructed with contributions from his family members.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI honestly regret getting myself involved in this. Even my family members questioned my involvement because they knew I had never been involved in anything like this before. I used to work as an agent for the police in Zone 2. What could have driven me to participate in something like this?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Suspect By Amah Kindly share: A suspected kidnapper, Tosin Oke, also known as \u201cOld Soldier,\u201d who was part of a…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1942,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,2],"tags":[564],"class_list":["post-1941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","category-news","tag-kidnapper"],"yoast_head":"\n