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Ade Akanbi
A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Chief Olu
Falae, has said his abductors aimed at killing him on the day he was kidnapped
on his farm at Ilado Village, Akure-North Local Government Area of Ondo State.
He explained that the kidnappers first aimed at killing him by
shooting at his vehicle when they stormed his farm, because they thought he was
inside the car.
Falae stated this on Friday at his Akure residence while playing
host to members of the Oodua Peoples Congress, led by Gani Adams.
Recounting his ordeal to the visitors, the elder statesman said,
“They were not after money alone; they wanted to eliminate me by shooting my
car, thinking I was inside the car.
“They later walked into my office with their sharp knives and
cutlasses and started cutting me with machete before taking me into the bush.
We trekked from Akure to Owo, following bush paths and swampy areas on my bare
legs till we got to an area close to Ifon in Ose Local Government Area.”
Sympathising with the former presidential candidate of the
Alliance for Democracy, Adams said if a national figure like Falae could be
dealt with in that manner, such a treatment could be meted to the younger
generation also.
He said, “It is an insult that such a revered elder statesman can
be so harassed in his own land. He is not just an elder, he had been secretary
to the Federal Government, finance minister, permanent secretary and
presidential candidate. If he could be kept for four days what then can happen
to ordinary citizens?”
Adams
restated his stand that President Muhammadu Buhari should implement all the 633
recommendations contained in the report of the 2014 National Conference which
addressed security, and other important sectors that can move the country
forward.
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