Chief Olu Falae who regained freedom on Thursday, has narrated his ordeal in the hands of his abductors, whom he described as being highly sophisticated.
Olu Falae was escorted home by the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Solomon Arase, to his Akure home. Falae mentioned that when he was abducted, he and his abductors trekked from his farm to a place near Owo, a distance of about 30 kilometres.
He stated that there are indications that his abductors normally use proceeds from kidnaps to finance the Boko Haram insurgents.
“I slept on the bare floor for four days. I did not sleep in one location during the four days. I was being moved from one location to another to avoid being caught by law enforcement agents.
“The kidnappers were always abreast of media reports and were moving me from one location to another within hours. All the rains that fell during the four days caught me in the deep bush.
“I have a feeling that the kidnappers are using the money realised from the various heinous crimes to fund the activities of Boko Haram because they told me that the N2 million being offered by my family was not enough to do anything”.
The Inspector-General of Police, declared that the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) would not rest until criminals are flushed from the country.
“Security challenge like this is a new trend, it is not only localised in Nigeria, but it is a global thing. We are going to develop a strategy that hoodlums will never overwhelm a state. It is not possible, we are going to interdict them, we are going to degrade them and catch them”.
It was not disclose if ransom was paid before Falae was released.
