By Emmanuel Ukudolo I Wednesday, Oct.14, 2026
LAGOS — A German-based Nigerian security officer, Adekunle Adegboyega Aderinsoye, has recounted before an Ikeja High Court how his brief two-week relationship with a woman, Bunmi Mosaku, allegedly led to a fake pregnancy extortion scheme and his subsequent kidnapping in Lagos.
Aderinsoye gave the harrowing account while testifying as a prosecution witness before Justice Hakeem Oshodi in the ongoing trial of a chieftain of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Ganiyu Oyedepo (popularly known as Koko Zaria), and Toheeb Adekunle.
The defendants are standing trial on a six-count charge bordering on alleged conspiracy and kidnapping.
Led in evidence by the prosecution counsel, Mrs. O. Aluko, the witness explained that his ordeal began after he returned to Germany following a brief two-week relationship with Mosaku in Nigeria.
According to him, Mosaku later contacted him claiming she was pregnant for him, prompting him to start sending funds regularly to support her and the unborn child.
”I became suspicious and asked a friend in Nigeria to pay her an unannounced visit to check on her well-being,” Aderinsoye testified. “My friend discovered she was not pregnant. That was when I severed all ties with her and her family.”
The witness told the court that his suspicions reached a climax when he was later abducted in Lagos and taken to an undisclosed location. To his utter shock, he found Mosaku present at the alleged kidnappers’ den.
He stated that seeing his former girlfriend in the company of his captors was the pivotal moment he realized she was allegedly involved in the plot.
Aderinsoye detailed how he was brutally assaulted, robbed of personal belongings—including his laptop and wristwatch—and forced to reveal his First Bank ATM card PIN. He added that his captors successfully withdrew cash from his account before moving him between various locations, eventually keeping him in an uncompleted building.
”They demanded ₦5 million for my release,” the witness said, adding that he was only freed after a friend paid ₦500,000 to the armed gang.
Pictorial Evidence and Cross-Examination
During proceedings, the prosecution tendered seven photographs showing severe injury marks on the victim’s forehead and around his eyes. Justice Oshodi admitted the photographs as Exhibits A1 to A7.
Under cross-examination regarding the specific roles played by the defendants, Aderinsoye admitted that he did not see the second defendant, Toheeb Adekunle, at the hotel mentioned during the proceedings or at the uncompleted building where he was held.
The defendants, Ganiyu Oyedepo (Koko Zaria) and Toheeb Adekunle, were docked following police investigations into allegations of high-profile abduction and assault within the state. Koko Zaria, a prominent figure in the Lagos State transport union sector, has remained a key figure in the prosecution’s case regarding organized transport-related crime allegations.
Following the alleged incident, the victim returned to Germany to receive urgent medical treatment for trauma and physical injuries before returning to Nigeria to make supplementary formal statements to the Nigeria Police Force.
Following the conclusion of the witness’s testimony, the prosecution applied for a subpoena to be issued to First Bank Plc to produce financial records related to the unauthorized ATM withdrawals mentioned in the witness statement.
Justice Oshodi granted the application and adjourned the matter to February 9, 2027, for continuation of trial.
