By Toby TAIWO
A new video has been released on how the Nigerian special crime force stormed the hideout of kidnappers to release the abducted sister of the former Power Minister and her two twin children.
The hideout of an unnamed Ibadan resident was stormed in the night two of the criminals were neutralised.
The video shows Mrs Olaide John-Paul, the younger sister of Adelabu, and her twins, who were stark naked, rescued in an inner room.
John-Paul and her sons regained freedom on Saturday after three days in captivity, after they were ambushed and abducted by some armed men on Wednesday in Ibadan, Oyo state capital.
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Olayinka Olushola, Oyo police spokesperson, confirmed the development.
“Yes, they have been rescued unhurt,” Olushola said in a text message.
Femi Awogboro, one of Adelabu’s media aides, had said that John-Paul and her 12-year-old twin sons, Peter and Paul, were kidnapped at about 7:30 am while on her way to drop the children off at school in Ibadan.
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The 43-year-old had worked at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and First Bank Pension Custodian before voluntarily retiring last year.
“Following her retirement, she relocated to Ibadan with her children while making preparations to eventually join her husband, John Paul, who had earlier relocated to the United States of America,” Awogboro said.
Their release comes admid the continued detention of over 40 pupils and teachers of three schools in Ogbomosho, Oriire LGA, who were abducted on May 15.
The victims, including children as young as two years old, have been in captivity for 22 days.
