In a Facebook post on April 15, Mr Ariyo, an alumnus of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA) and indigene of Ekiti State, opened up for the first time after the trag!c incident.
“Happy Posthumous 14th Birthday to you my adorable and priceless daughter, Michelle Ayomide Ariyo,” he wrote.
“We had a plan for this day which prompted us to buy numerous clothes/dresses and shoes for today’s birthday photoshoot during 2023 Christmas.
“Painfully your plans, dreams and ambition was mysteriously terminated by the kidnapp€rs who murder€d you on Friday 12th January, 2024, after kidnapp!ng you along side with your siblings and Mum on the 7th January, 2024.
“My angel, to say we (parents and siblings) missed you, it’s an understatement, because it’s extremely hard to bid you farewell. Your memories will forever live in our hearts.
Alas, we took solace in the fact that you’re resting at the bosom of the Lord, your creator, where you will not be kidnapp€d again. Rest on my jewel of inestimable value.”