The kidnapped Chinese expatriate, working with the Chinese Civil Engineering Construction Company of Nigerian Ltd handling the construction of the new AdoIyin road, has been set free by his captors. The expatriate known as Wang, who was abducted by unknown gunmen in Ado-Ekiti on Friday evening was said to be released after the payment of N100m ransom.
It was revealed that a police officer attached to Wang was killed by the gunmen during the incident.
According to a source working with the company the ransom was paid at a place in Kwara state, the expatriate was released around Ilawe-Igede road in Ekiti state.
“The Chinese was released very late yesterday (Tuesday) after payment of a ransom to the kidnappers.
“The N100 million was taken to a bush in Kwara state where the kidnappers collected and confirmed it before the man was released here at a very difficult location along Igede-Ilawe road,” the source revealed.
