(In Nigeria) ‘We kidnapped falae for sallah money,' abductors

Chief Olu Falae abdutors, Abdullahi Usman aka Kadiri right and Babawuro kato, during the parade by DSS in Abuja on Monday.

(Tribune)

In a confessional statement, the abductors of the former Secretary to the Govt. of the federation, Chief Olu Falae, said they abducted him, so they could get some money to celebrateSallah.

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Olu Falae

 (Vanguard)

According to Vanguard Newspapers, one of the abductors,Abdullahi Usman (AKA Kadiri) said he was accosted by his friend, Datijo, who asked him to provide information of a rich man, who they could kidnap to raise money.

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Olu Falae

 (News Express)

Uaman said “I then told him that I know one man who used to bring a Hilux vehicle to his farm and I used to see him as I move my cows about.”

You will recall that some Yoruba leaders have asked the Govt. to ban Fulani herdsmen from the South-West.