Leader of the Abuja-based music band, Adewunmi Samuel Sofomade
also called Omoba De Jombo Beats has relayed how he and his crew suffered at the hands of their kidnappers.
De Jombo in an interview with BBC Yoruba told the interviewer the event that led to their abduction and how they did not believe they could get out in just 6days in which, according to him, the 6 days felt like they spent 6 years.
Recall that the 13-man band group was abducted in December 2023, while returning from a show in Kogi State and was eventually released after a few days in captivity.
Recounting his traumatic ordeal, Omoba De Jombo Beats stated that the kidnappers demanded N10m each but later reduced their ransom to N7 million before they were released.
He said, “We were 13 that went to perform at a burial ceremony in Itakete Isao, close to Isan-Olu in Kogi State. And we had to move by road because they don’t have an airport in Kogi.
“We had gone since Thursday. We finished performing at about 5:30 pm on Friday. So we felt that there was still time to return to Abuja. The incident happened just after we had past Dangote Cement.
“We spent six days with the kidnappers inside a very thick forest and the six days felt like six years because a lot of things happened in that forest.
“They asked for N10 million each. We started begging their commandant that we could not gather N10 million. He later reduced it to N7 million each.
“When we received the information that the money had been completed but there was no cash during the December period, we started looking for cash. They initially agreed that the money be converted to dollars, but their leader later changed his mind and insisted on the naira.”
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