Kidnapped Iba Monarch regains freedom as police parades suspects - PHOTOS!

The Oniba of Iba, Oba Yushau Goriola Oseni, who was kidnapped by unknown gunmen from his palace on Saturday evening July 16, has regained his freedom and the kidnappers arrested.

The 74-year-old first class traditional ruler was set free on Saturday August 6 and according to his son Saheed Oseni who spoke to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said , ''we paid an undisclosed amount for his ransom which the family sourced without the involvement of the Lagos State Government.''

However, Isaiah Ododomu, one of the suspected nine kidnappers on Sunday in Lagos confessed to newsmen that they received a N15.1 million ransom in two batches.

The suspected kidnappers of the Oniba of Iba, Toba Forejo (right) and Isaiah Ododomu (left) being paraded by the Police, at the Lagos House, Ikeja, on Sunday, August 7, 2016.