The Missing Baby From Sundays Naming Ceremony Is Still Missing And In Kidnappers Den

The baby Opeyemi Ogundele, that was kidnapped on Sunday during a naming ceremony in ogun state is said to be alive, but still in the hands of the people who kidnapped him, his father says.
Ogundele reveals that he received a phone call from an IFA priest who claims he is in custody of the toodler and that he is still alive and well. The IFA is said to be the mastermind behind the kidnapping.

In the process of searching for the baby, residents discovered a suspected ritualists’ den in the area, which was adjacent to Osunleke’s house.

The discovery made angry residents to storm the area and vandalise the building, wherein human body parts, human effigy, fetish objects and masquerade regalia, among others, were found.

Speaking yesterday, the father of the missing toddler, said he succeeded in reaching Chief Ifayemi on telephone on Monday night.

Ogundele stated that the Ifa priestconfirmed that the stolen baby was in his custody at Isabo area of Abeokuta and that the child was alive.

'We got his phone number and called him on Monday night . The priest said my child was still alive and with him at Isabo. He claimed that he was in Isabo area of Abeokuta. This was around 10 pm on Monday. He said nothing is wrong with my boy. He just asked us to stop people from destroying his house,'  he said.

Meanwhile, residents of the area where the incident occurred have cried out for help over alleged threat by the suspected mastermind of the kidnapping.

Vanguard gathered that, the Chairman of the Community Development Associationin the area, Kunle Ojewale said he and three others in the community have been threatened by Ifayemi.

Ojewale who spoke with newsmen on phone said he had run away from home and relocated to Mowe in Obafemi-Owode local government.

He said, Chief Ifayemi had called his line and threatened him for instigating the people against him.

He said he had since relocated to an undisclosed place in Mowe area.

It was also learnt that as 6:30 pm on Tuesday, the house suspected to be the ritualists den has been demolished by the angry youth in the area.