Afenifere chieftain Olu Falae kidnapped from his home in Akure

Former Presidential candidate of the now defunct Alliance for Democracy, AD, and Chieftain of a pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, Chief Samuel Oluyemisi Falae was yesterday kidnapped by suspected herdsmen in Akure, the State Capital.

He was abducted on the day he marked his 77th birthday.


It was learnt that Falae, an ex-SGF and also a former Minister of Finance under Gen. Ibrahim Babaginda’s regime had been having a running battle with the herdsmen over his farmland located at Ibafo in Igbatoro – Akure.