Women leader, Redeemed Church of God, Cornerstone
Parish, Lagos, Mrs. Adebusola Odunaya, on Tuesday described her release by
kidnappers after six days of captivity as an act of God.
PUNCH Metro reported
last Thursday that Adebusola had on Saturday, September 21, left home for Lagos
to buy beverages and some other items but could not be found for six days.
But the 37-year-old Adebusola resurfaced on September
27.
In a telephone interview, Adebusola said although she
could not recognise the exact spot, she was held in a bush along the
Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and was released after six days.
Adebusola said, “On the fateful day, I was to go to
Lagos Island to pick my stock of noodles. It was past 12 noon.
“When I got to Ishaga area, there was no vehicle there.
I decided to go to Agege to board a bus. When I got to Agege, there was no
direct bus going to Idumota on Lagos Island. I had to board an Oshodi vehicle
(molue). As we were already in the vehicle, I heard a conductor calling
Idumota. I had to alight from the vehicle I was in and went for that.
“When I got there, the vehicle was still loading. Three
women and the driver were inside. I joined them. As soon as I did, the women
then asked the driver to move so that they could carry people along the road. I
became happy that the vehicle would be fast.
“As we were expecting the vehicle to move, the
conductor came and touched me with the handkerchief he was holding. That was
when I fell asleep. I did not wake until five days after in a forest along
Lagos- Ibadan Expressway.”
Adebusola said when she regained consciousness on the
fifth day, she found out that her hair had been cut and the money she wanted to
use to pay for the items, about N500, 000 had been taken.
“They ransacked my bag and saw our General Overseer’s
(Pastor Enoch Adeboye) picture and Redeemed wristband. They asked me, ‘So you
are a member of Redeemed?’ I said yes.
“Two men among the kidnappers ordered me to call my
family. As I called my brother, they were telling me what to say. When I looked
at the front, I saw a horrible looking hut. There were two women lying
unconscious near it. I don’t know if the women were alive or dead. The whole
place looked scary.
“They said, ‘thank God for your life.’ They now led me
through the jungle to Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and left me. That was how I was
freed from the kidnappers.”