Mr Mayowa David Adinlewa, a lecturer in Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko (AAUA), Ondo state has been kidnapped.
Adinlewa was reportedly kidnapped at the weekend between Akure-Ikere road while going to visit his family at Ikere in Ekiti state.
According to the telephone conversation obtained by The Precision NG, the kidnappers contacted his wife on Sunday but didn’t demand for a ransom.
In the audio, Adinlewa was heard telling the wife that they are in the bush and that they had trekked for hours without eating and drinking.
He added that his legs are already burnt due to the heat from the long walk and that his phone would soon be taken from him.
The wife could be heard in the audio asking for their location, until a man interrupted her in pidgin, saying “you dey hear me so” before the call ended.
When contacted by The Precision NG, the elder brother of Mr Mayowa Adinlewa, Toyin confirmed that his brother was kidnapped and that N10million has been demanded as ransom.
The head of information and protocol unit of Adinlewa’s University – AAUA, Mr Victor Akinpelumi said the incident is still sketchy and promised to get back to our correspondent.