2-year-old School Boy Kidnappers Want N150m

Kidnappers of two-year old Nigerian boy, Emmanuel Alonge, have demanded N150 million as ransom before the boy could be released.

Alonge was on his way to school on Monday in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, when he was kidnapped by gunmen and whisked away to an unknown destination.

P.M.NEWS gathered that the father of the boy, Olusegun Alonge, who is the proprietor of Barachel group of schools in Ifako-Ijaiye, had been contacted by the kidnappers and given 48 hours ultimatum to provide the money or risk losing his son.

A family source said the kidnappers called the father of the boy on two occasions the same day. The first time was at 4.21 pm while the second was at 11.30 pm to demand for the ransom.

The 48-hour ultimatum will expire today, but nobody knows the whereabouts and fate of the boy as at the time of filing this report.

Alonge was being taken to school in the parents’ Lexus SUV in the company of the driver (Daniel) and the private nurse (Mrs. Adeyemo) when the kidnappers who ambushed and overpowered them snatched the little boy from them at gunpoint.

It was gathered from eyewitnesses that the kidnappers wore masks during the operation and had been in the vicinity awaiting their victim some hours before they struck.

P.M.NEWS gathered that the kidnappers were four. It was learnt that when they arrived the area, they drove and parked their black Mitsubishi Montero SUV about seven buildings away from the residence of the Alonges.

An eye witness, who craved anonymity said: “Truly, we saw the black SUV parked in the area, but we didn’t suspect any ulterior motive because the passengers were outside playing and chasing one another about, until when we saw them moving again to block the coming Lexus SUV carrying the boy to school.” Another eyewitness, Kamilu Sulaimon, said that trouble began for the Alonge family when occupants of the Montero SUV pretended to be moving away from Willisco Street only to block the Lexus SUV.  “The SUV refused to give way to the Lexus SUV and at the same time refused to move on.  The driver of the Lexus SUV started to hoot and suddenly, the kidnappers alighted and demanded for the boy.

“We noticed that the driver refused and this made the kidnappers threaten to break the glass. Eventually, the driver opened the door when he saw guns with them. They threw the private nurse under the Lexus SUV and sped off with the child,” he explained.

The nurse (Adeyemo) explained that because she was thrown under the vehicle and that Daniel could not drive over her, it gave the assailants ample time to drive off before the chase that followed could begin.

According to her, the kidnappers hit her several times with their gun butt when she refused to release the boy, adding, “When they opened the door, they told us ‘we are not going to kill you if only you give us the boy’.  I then told them that I would not release the boy until they kill me. That was when they hit me in the head and when I slumped they threw me under the vehicle.”  As P.M.NEWS was about going to press, family sources told our correspondent that the kidnappers had slashed the ransom to N100 million.

Meanwhile, the mother of the little boy has been delivered of twins. It was gathered that the mother delivered the twin’s hours after little Alonge was abducted.  Emmanuel was born 15 years after the couple got married.