Nigeria's Minister of Health Isaac Folorunso Adewole attends an emergency National Council on Health meeting on the control of Lassa Fever in Abuja, Nigeria January 19, 2016. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde - RTX231AG
Kidnapped Dayo Adewole, son of former Minister of Health, Isaac Adewole, has been released barely 24 hours after .
He was kidnapped on Tuesday at his farm located at Iroko near Fiditi in Afijio Local Government Area of Oyo State.
An aide to the minister told The Punch, “The minister’s son regained freedom just this evening and he is with his family in Ibadan. Details are still sketchy but we will issue a press release soon.”
Sources said a huge ransom was paid to secure his release.
Three suspects including Dayo’s domestic staff has, however, been arrested in connection to the crime.
