ASUU Demands Release of Kidnapped UI Worker

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News as the Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Ibadan (UI), Dr Deji Omole, has asked the Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, to rescue Dr Beatrice Fabunmi, who was kidnapped in Ondo State.

Dr Fabunmi is an ASUU member who works at the Kenneth Dike Library in the university.

She was allegedly kidnapped at Oba-Akoko on her way to her mother in Ibilo, Edo State, last Friday.

Her husband, Prof Martins Fabunmi, who was also kidnapped, was shot and released.

The kidnappers are demanding N5million for her release.

Omole said: “Where will ordinary Nigerians pass that they will be safe?

“Our roads are death traps and since we cannot afford plane tickets, we endure the hardship only for us to be kidnapped again. This is evil and must be stopped.

“The Inspector General of Police needs to track down those kidnappers in Ondo State and other adjoining states.

“We in ASUU are demanding the unconditional release and safe return of one of our own.

“The state must guarantee the security of its members.

President Muhammadu Buhari should order security agencies to ensure Dr Fabunmi’s release within 24 hours.”

Omole added that although the case had been reported to the police, it was not treated with the attention it deserves.

“If ‘big men’ or their children are kidnapped, all the newspapers will be awash with the report but when the ‘poor man’ is kidnapped, he becomes another victim.

“The Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazzau, should step up his act and check this insecurity.

“The Federal Government must not force Nigerians to rise in self defence, if their security cannot be guaranteed by the state.”