A member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Lawal Rofiat Kofoworola, was kidnapped while traveling from Benin to Ibadan to resume her primary assignment in Ogbomoso.
The kidnapping occurred on Tuesday when she boarded an Ore-bound bus.
The kidnappers have contacted Kofoworola’s family, demanding a staggering ransom of N20 million. A friend of the victim, Agbakwara, has taken to Facebook to raise the alarm and express his deep distress over the situation.
According to Agbakwara, Kofoworola’s parents are financially struggling and unable to meet the kidnappers’ demand. He has reported the incident to the NYSC Secretariat in Ibadan, but there has been no official response.
Agbakwara’s emotional plea highlights the desperation of the situation: “My close friend Lawal Rofiat Kofoworola Lawal Rofiat Ewatomi was kidnapped on her way from Benin to Ibadan to resume at her PPA in Ogbomosho.
She managed to call yesterday and told me she was inside an Ore-bound bus when she was taken .”
He continues, “This is someone who has struggled all her life, supporting herself through university by working at Dufil company in Benin. Now, kidnappers are demanding ₦20 million, and we don’t know what to do .”
