By DAUD OLATUNJI

ABEOKUTA – abductors of Dr. (Mrs) Olusola Otulana, a lecturer at Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State,   who was kidnapped last Friday, have  allegedly   insisted on collecting a N50 million ransom before releasing her.

Vanguard  learnt, yesterday, that her husband, Dr. Biodun Otulana, pleaded with his wife’s abductors  to show mercy as  he  reportedly  told them he could not raise such money being demanded. It was gathered that Otulana, who owns a private hospital in Ijebu- Ode, spoke  with his wife on the phone.

She was said to have   wailed throughout the phone conversation,  pleading with him to do whatever he could to rescue her from the ordeal.

Olusola, an opthalmologist with the Department of Surgery, College of Health Sciences, Sagamu Campus, was kidnapped between Imota and Ijebu- -Ode while returning from Ikorodu in Lagos State and has since been in their custody in an unknown location.

It was gathered that the kidnappers trailed her from Ikorodu to the relatively lonely Imota stretch of the Ikorodu- Ijebu-Ode road before they took her away.

The abductors were said to have initially demanded N100 million ransom but later reduced it to N50 million on Sunday.
When contacted on phone, Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Muyiwa Adejobi, said  the police were not aware of the incident.

Adejobi added that  when he contacted the Divisional Police Officer in Ago-Iwoye, he was told that no such incident had been reported to the division.