Ololade Adeniyi, the daughter of former All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant in Ekiti State, Mrs. Abimbola Olajumoke Olawumi, has narrated how her mother was allegedly abducted for a second time by unidentified men dressed in mufti at a guest house in Abuja.
Speaking during an interview with SaharaTV on Monday, Ololade recounted the terrifying moments leading to her mother’s disappearance, saying the last message she received from her mother indicated that unknown men were attempting to force their way into her room.
According to her, the incident occurred around 6:18 p.m. on Sunday, August 2, just days after her mother had reportedly relocated from her Abuja residence to a guest house over security concerns following an earlier raid.
“My mum sent me a message around 6:18 p.m. She said some people were trying to forcefully enter her room. That was the last message I got from her,” Ololade said.
“I immediately started calling her phone repeatedly because I wanted to know what was happening. The first time someone answered, a man picked up and asked who I was. I asked him who he was because I was calling my mother’s phone. He kept insisting I was calling his number. At that point, I already knew they had succeeded in entering the room.”
She explained that her mother had abandoned her residence after unidentified persons allegedly attempted to force their way into the family home the previous Wednesday.
“Since the incident in July when she was first taken, she hasn’t been staying at home. She moved into a guest house here in Abuja for safety because they had already started trailing us. On Wednesday, they came to our house again and wanted to force their way in, but because we had CCTV cameras around, I guess they didn’t want to go through all that stress,” she said.
Ololade said she rushed to the guest house immediately after losing contact with her mother, only to discover that she had already been taken away.
“When I got there, they told me the men who took her were not wearing any uniforms. They were dressed in mufti, so nobody could identify whether they were DSS operatives, police officers or even officers from the Ekiti Rapid Response Squad (RRS), who were the people that took her the last time,” Ololade said.
“As I speak, we still don’t know where she is. I have been trying to obtain the CCTV footage from the guest house so we can at least identify the people who took her, but they have not been forthcoming. That is what we are working on this morning.”
She confirmed that her mother was alone in the room when the incident occurred.
“Yes, she was alone. I am actually standing in the room where she was staying, and she is not here,” she said.
Ololade added that the last time she heard her mother’s voice was around noon on Sunday, although they continued exchanging text messages until the distress message at 6:18 p.m.
“Since then, we have not heard anything from her. There has been no call, no message, nothing,” she said.
She also questioned how the unidentified men gained access to her mother’s room, saying staff at the guest house confirmed seeing about three men escort her away.
“What I don’t understand is how they gained access to her room. Somebody must have given them a master key. There are so many loopholes. Something just doesn’t add up,” she said.
According to her, although her mother had security personnel around her after previous threats, she deliberately asked them to step back so as not to attract attention.
“She told the security personnel she was okay and didn’t want them hanging around because she didn’t want to create unnecessary attention. Even those personnel received messages from her saying there had been a new development before communication stopped,” Ololade said.
Ololade said she had contacted senior police officers after the incident but lamented that conflicting accounts from different security agencies had left the family confused.
“I have reached out to contacts at the Inspector-General of Police’s office. Everybody keeps telling me they are working on it or trying to track her, but nobody is giving us a concrete answer,” she said.
“One person says the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) took her. Another says it was Force Intelligence. Others mention the RRS. How can everyone be giving different stories? If it is the police, someone should be able to tell us exactly where my mother is.”
She disclosed that she planned to visit the Force Headquarters in Abuja in search of answers.
Asked whether she believed the incident was politically motivated, Ololade answered in the affirmative, insisting that the family’s ordeal began after her mother’s political activities in Ekiti State.
“I strongly believe it is connected to everything happening in Ekiti. From the APC primary election until now, this has been one incident after another,” she said.
“They came to our house in February and took my brother. Since then, there have been constant threats. My mother has simply been speaking out about the political situation in Ekiti and pursuing legal action over my brother’s alleged illegal abduction.”
She further alleged that the Ekiti State Government and Governor Biodun Oyebanji were connected to the incidents, despite official denials.
“When you connect all the dots, you can see everything is related. It is all political. The state government is involved. The governor is involved. Everybody is involved,” she said.
She also referenced a property company executive whom she claimed had publicly commented on the matter after the previous incident, insisting that all the events were interconnected.
When asked what her immediate demand was, Ololade made an emotional appeal.
“Our only demand is that my mother should be kept safe and that we should be allowed to see and speak with her,” she said.
“It has been more than 12 hours. None of her children has heard from her. We don’t know where she is. We don’t know who took her. We just want her back safely.”
(SaharaReporters)