Five kidnapped members of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic, ASUP, Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology, Igbo-ora, have been freed.
The lecturers were reportedly abducted on their way from Saki last Thursday.
A source from the institution, who spoke under anonymity told journalists the lecturers were released by their abductors on Saturday night after payment of N5 million ransom.
Among the kidnapped were the institutions ASUP Chairman, Opadijo Oluyide, and his Secretary, Mr. Gbenga Alayande.
According to reports, the union officials were returning from the Joint Action Committee, JAC, of unions in all the six Oyo state owned tertiary institutions at Oke-Ogun Polytechnic, Saki.
The source disclosed that the ransom was contributed by members of staff of the institution to secure the release of the leaders.
He said: “We just secured their release this night after payment of five million contributed by our members.
“I want to tell you that we have lost confidence in the Nigerian Police Force. Those who kidnapped our leaders were Fulanis.
“We are going to stage a protest to the government secretariat to remove totally the ‘Kara’ market in this area. We will down tools until the market is totally removed.”
