A Nigerian safety officer based mostly in Germany, Adekunle Adegboyega Aderinsoye, has instructed a Lagos High Court in Ikeja how his former girlfriend, Bunmi Mosaku, allegedly grew to become linked to his kidnapping, following a short relationship and a disputed being pregnant declare.
Aderinsoye gave the account whereas testifying earlier than Justice Hakeem Oshodi, within the trial of a chieftain of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Ganiyu Oyedepo, popularly often called Koko Zaria, and Toheeb Adekunle, who’re dealing with a six-count cost bordering on alleged kidnapping.
Led in proof by prosecution Counsel, Mrs O. Aluko, the witness stated he returned to Germany after courting Mosaku for about two weeks in Nigeria. He stated she subsequently contacted him, claiming to be pregnant, prompting him to ship her cash for the alleged being pregnant.
According to him, his suspicions arose when he requested a pal to go to Mosaku unannounced and verify on her, just for the pal to report that she was not pregnant. He stated the invention made him sever ties together with her and her household.
Aderinsoye additional instructed the courtroom that his suspicions deepened when he was allegedly kidnapped, and brought to a location the place he noticed Mosaku. He stated his captors beat him, seized his laptop computer and wristwatch, and compelled him to disclose the private identification variety of his First Bank ATM card earlier than withdrawing cash from his account.
The witness alleged that he was subsequently taken to an uncompleted constructing, the place his abductors demanded ₦5 million for his launch. He stated a pal finally paid ₦500,000 to safe his freedom.
The courtroom admitted seven images, exhibiting accidents allegedly sustained by the witness round his brow and eyes as displays A1 to A7.
During cross-examination, nevertheless, Aderinsoye acknowledged that he didn’t see the second Defendant on the lodge talked about within the proceedings, or on the uncompleted constructing. He additionally instructed the courtroom that he later returned to Germany, sought medical remedy, and made additional statements to the Nigeria Police.
Following the prosecution’s request for a subpoena to First Bank Plc, Justice Oshodi adjourned the case till February 9, 2027, for continuation of proceedings.
