According to a message received from his brother, Sunkanmi Afolabi, who is currently in the United States, Sunday Afolabi was arrested on Monday, October 20, 2025, at around 2 p.m. along NTA Road in Ado-Ekiti by a military officer.
The lawyer maintained that the co-defendant wrote the statement in question under duress in EFCC custody, where detectives allegedly pressured him to implicate ex-CBN governor Emefiele
It was gathered the victims regained their freedom on Saturday, January 31, 2026, after the abductors collected three motorcycles as additional ransom.