Photos of the Pickup Van Olu Falae was in When he was Abducted on Monday

 The former Secretary to the Government of the Federation and National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Chief Olu Falae, was on Monday kidnapped by suspected Fulani herdsmen on his 77th birthday.

Falae, who is also a chieftain and leader of the ‎Yoruba Socio-cultural group, Afenifere, was said to have been abducted on his farm in Ilado, along Igbatoro road, in Akure, the capital city of Ondo State.



The Director of Administration and Publicity Secretary of the SDP in the state, Mr. Remi Olayiwola, broke the news to journalists.

“It was confirmed that Baba went to his farm as usual in Ilado. The gunmen went to his farm where they attacked and kidnapped him,” Olayiwola said.
“The abductors have contacted Chief Olu Falae’s wife and they are demanding the sum of N100 million before they would release him,” he said.
The State Chairman of the SDP, Chief Korede Duyile, ‎reaffirmed the news of the abduction, saying, “all we can confirm to you now is that Baba Falae has been kidnapped.”

The septuagenarian, who is the former minister of Finance in the administration of the first Military President, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida and later became the Presidential Candidate of the Alliance for Democracy (AD) in 1999, was said to have been attacked before he was whisked away.

It was also gathered that some of his workers in the farm were also attacked by the suspected Fulani, who reportedly shot sporadically into the air to scare away nearby people and forestalled any circumvention of their dastardly act.

“Baba Falae has been having a running battle with the herdsmen, and this morning, we learnt that he visited the farm and he was allegedly attacked by those herdsmen.”The State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Wole Ogodo, confirmed the news to journalists in a phone interview.

Ogodo said the state Police Command has swung into action to rescue Falae and ensure the culprits face the wrath of the law. “We have sent 50 of our men to the farm to begin the search for him.”
Below are photos from the bullet ridden pickup van of the former Presidential candidate, Chief Olu Falae after he was kidnapped at his farm in Akure, Monday September 21st.
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