Nigeria, April 19 -- The gunmen who kidnapped David Oyewumi, the Obadu of Ilemeso Ekiti, four days ago have demanded N20 million ransom.

Although the police said they were on the trail of the kidnappers, nothing much had been heard from them.

During the attack, the gunmen came firing into the air, scaled the fence into the palace and entered the monarch's living room.

Ilemeso, in Oye Local government Area of Ekiti State, borders Isan Ekiti, the home town of Governor Kayode Fayemi.

A family source confirmed the kidnappers' demand to journalists in Ado Ekiti on Monday.

"We have been contacted. They called us around 7.03 p.m. on Saturday and demanded that we pay a sum of N20 million for the king to be released," said the source, who did...