A 40-year-old farmer, Akinola Akinnibinu, has been murdered on his farm at Oko Oparun Village in Ondo East Local Government Area of Ondo State.
Sources said that suspected kidnappers killed the farmer after the farmer’s wife could not provide the N700,000 ransom they demanded.
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The victim was said to have gone to his cocoa farm to harvest when he called his wife to collect N700,000 from a Point of Sale (POS) machine and bring it to the farm.
His kidnappers later called the victim’s wife and directed her to send the money to an account number sent to her by them.
Akinnbinu, the victim’s wife, out of fear, invited the Amotekun Corps and other villagers to go along with her, but on arriving at the scene, the kidnappers were not there, and neither was the victim.
The farmer’s lifeless body was found four days later inside the farm, with a chemical spray suspected to be acid.
The State Police Public Relations Officer, Funmilayo Odunlami, who confirmed the incident, stated that the Command has commenced investigations into the matter.
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