Freed lawyer Mike Ezekhome told yesterday of how his son, Ilugbekhai Ozekhome and his adopted son, Dominic Ezerioha, were abducted last Friday by the same gang and kept with him till 7am yesterday when they were freed.
He said: "This is my son, Ilugbekhai and a junior lawyer in my Abuja chamber, Dominick, whom I also call my son because he is dear to my heart. Having given their numbers with my friend's Benson Igbanoi, who was the chief negotiator, to the kidnappers, they said that they needed to negotiate with my children.
"They said they were the only people they want to negotiate with, that they are the people they can trust. They called Benson and I told him to tell them and when he gave them the phone I told them I cannot deceive them that the kidnappers have said they want to negotiate with them and that I can only be released when they talk with them.
"As soon as the two of them came, they were also kidnapped and kept with me till this morning (Thursday morning).
"All of us in the camp were released and I believe they may disband the camp haven."
Ilugbekhai also narrated how they were abducted by four men, who he initially thought were policemen because they had bulletproof vests on.
He said the kidnappers had told him and Ezerioha to come to a particular place after they had asked them to drive through various routes within Benin City.
"They called us and asked us to stop there, somewhere around the bypass and less than three minutes after we stopped, four men wearing bulletproofs came to us and searched us to be sure we had no chips on. We drove through different routes for about four hours with our faces down before we got to where my dad was."
