Where Is Our Dad? Bamigbetan’s Children Ask Sympathisers

[Shola Sholaz]

Children of the kidnapped Ejigbo Local Council Development Area chairman, Mr Kehinde Bamigbetan now curious about the large crowd that mills around their house without their father among them are asking anyone that cares to listen about their father's whereabouts.
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According to a reliable family source, "the three children, two boys and a girl (names withheld) with the eldest being about 12 years old, have been suspicious of the high number of people who have been visiting the house since Tueday, prompting them to ask for their father.
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"The children believe that their father, as a grassroots politician, used to receive the kind of crowd they see in recent times personally but with his absence, they have been demanding for his whereabouts."
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Also, when Vanguard visited the residence at 21, Ona-Iwa Mimo Street, early yesterday, sympathisers gathered in groups discussing the development in hushed tones.
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Family, kidnappers negotiating ransom Sources confided in Vanguard that the kidnappers have been negotiating the ransom, which they pegged originally at $1 million, with the family members towards possible release of the chairman.
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Also the wife, Fatimah, is said to have declared indefinite fasting until her husband returns. Orelope-Adefulire visits Meantime, a high powered delegation from the state, led by the deputy governor, Mrs Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, has visited the family.
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The deputy governor, during the visit, led a prayer session where God was sought to intervene in the matter.
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Majority of the sympathizers who thronged the house expressed shock at the way the matter was turning, with residents and neighbours describing him as a gentleman who has done a lot for the local government.
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"He is a man of the people; you can even see from his house that it's not different from many others here," said a resident, who pleaded anonymity.
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At the local government secretariat, where he is chairman, the mood of the workers was pensive, while work has literally stopped as workers were seen discussing the incident in groups.