Ex-Presidential Candidate, Olu Falae Kidnapped From His Residence In Ondo

Ex-Secretary to Government of the Federation and Afenifere chieftain, and former presidential candidate Chief Olu Falae has been kidnapped.

Sketchy reports on Monday, said Falae was kidnapped from his residence on Oba-Ile Road, Akure, the Ondo state capital.

The 77-year-old politician was secretary to the military government of Ibrahim Babangida from January 1986 to December 1990 and was briefly the Finance Minister in 1990.

He ran for Nigeria’s president in 1999 on the joint platform of the Alliance for Democracy (AD) and the All People’s Party (APP) against Olusegun Obasanjo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).