Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Lagos Police Command, Dolapo Badmus, when contacted, confirmed that Otuyemi and his son were rescued by the police on Tuesday. Pm News reports.

She said they were rescued around Isheri-Oshun area of Berger by the police, but refused to say if any ransom was paid, saying that the police were not concerned about that.

Badmus said Otuyemi and his son had been re-united with their family.

Otuyemi, 60 holds a Higher National Diploma (HND) from the Lagos State College of Science and Technology, and a Masters in Business Administration, MBA from Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi.

Recently, an expatriate contractor working on the expansion of the Epe Township project in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, was kidnapped while working on site by gunmen in Epe. He has not been released.