Sunday, June 23, 2024 –A 300-level Computer Engineering student of Al-Hikmah University, Igbaja in Kwara State, Akindoyo Gideon, has reportedly been kidnapped.
Gideon was kidnapped while working inside
his father’s cassava farm at Lumeko village, Irele Local Government
Area of Ondo State. The motorcycle he rode to the farm was found by a
search team.
It is suspected that Gideon might have been
abducted due to the lingering communal crisis between Irele and Igbobini
communities. The Senate secretariat of the National Association of
Nigerian Students (NANS) have appealed to security agencies to help find
Gideon.
The student body said in a statement;
“Information gathered from the National
President of Irele Local Government Students and a community leader Dr.
Adekugbe Erik, said Gideon traveled home to gather foodstuffs from his
community, only to be abducted while working on his father’s farm.
“The community leader reported that the
student’s disappearance coincided with an attack by the Igbobini community,
resulting in destroyed homes and properties.
“We categorically demand that the leadership of both Irele and Igbobini
communities produce the student, either dead or alive, within the next 72
hours. failure to do so will compel us to relocate the NANS secretariat to the
affected communities, where we will remain until the student’s safe return is
secured.”
Mother of Gideon, Mrs Janet Akindoyo also
said;
“He has not returned, search party saw his
motorcycle where he parked it but we haven’t seen him . I’m appealing to the
security and the people to help find him.”
Ondo Police spokesman, SP Funmilayo
Odunlami, who confirmed the incident, said policemen have been deployed to
the forest in search of the missing student.
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