The corpse of one Oluwole Agboola kidnapped on December 28, 2020, has been found after payment of N1.65m ransom by his family members.
Agboola was kidnapped while working on his farm at Abaodo area in Olukitibi village in Akinyele Local Government Area of the state by six suspected gunmen.
FirstNews gathered that suspected gunmen demanded and collected N1.65 million ransom from the family of the victim and still went ahead to kill him.
A brother to the deceased, Olakunle Agboola, who is also a journalist, confirmed the killing of the farmer.
He said his brother was killed, and his body found 10 days after the ransom was paid by the family.
“My brother, Wole Agboola, was killed after a huge ransom was paid and we later found his body inside the bush near Aba Odo yesterday at 6pm, just a bit close to where he was abducted,” Olakunle said.
It was gathered that operatives of the state police command had arrested some people in connection with the abduction.
The late Wole Agboola was a farmer involved in piggery and fishery.