The Permanent Secretary,
Osun Ministry of Finance, Adebimpe Ogunlumade, who was kidnapped on Friday
along other two officials, have been released on Sunday.
The two other officials
released along with the permanent secretary are: a Director in the ministry, Tajudeen
Badejoko and their Driver, Oladapo Ajani.
This is contained in a
statement signed by the state Head of Service, Sunday Owoeye on Sunday in
Osogbo.
According to the statement,
the officials regained their freedom from their abductors on Sunday evening but
did not indicate where the victims secured their freedom.
It, however, said that
"arrangements were ongoing to convey them to Osogbo within the shortest
time possible by security agents with a view to re-uniting them with their
families’’.
Ogunlumade, Badejoko and Ajani
were kidnapped at Obajana village on Lokoja-Kabba road on April 22, while
returning from a meeting in Abuja.
