Popular Islamic cleric, Alhaji Taofeek Akewugbagold has approached a High Court in Ibadan, Oyo state, to strike out the suit against the alleged kidnappers of his twins.
He made the request on Monday and told the presiding judge, Justice Mashud Abas to ensure that the defendants signed undertakings that nothing would happen to him and his family.
The defendants are: Muhammed Basir, Oyeleye Opeyemi, Olumide Ajala,Taiwo Ridwon, Rafiu Mutiu and Fatai Akanji.
“As a prominent Islamic preacher, one of the major tenets of Islam is forgiveness.
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“If I am preaching it to people, I also need to practise it. So I have forgiven them wholeheartedly and left the judgment to Allah and their conscience.
“They should search their conscience if indeed I deserve what they did to me and also learn lessons from it.
“I thank the defendants for giving me the opportunity to see my twins again, because if they had killed them, something else would have happened,” Akewugbagold said.
The cleric’s two-year-old twins were kidnapped at gunpoint at their residence in Ojoo area of Ibadan on April 17, 2020 by his employees.
The sum of N4m was reportedly paid as ransom to the kidnappers before releasing the abducted twins.
