Wednesday, December 25, 2024 - At least five persons were reportedly abducted by gunmen on Saturday at Obbo-Ayegunle in Ekiti LGA of Kwara State.
The victims were returning to their Odo-Owa base from a marriage
ceremony held at Ope town in neighbouring Kogi State when they were abducted at
about 4pm.
They include Oloye Oyewole Abolarin, the head of hunters in Odo-Owa, and
his wife, Funmilayo Abolarin, Tunde Oladipo and his wife, and one other person
identified as Bose, all of Agbele Igbede compound in Odo-Owa community.
The abductors have reached out to the family demanding a N100m ransom
for their release.
According to reports, family members and the community have started
contributions towards meeting the demand of the kidnappers.
They have also appealed to Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq and security
agencies to come to the rescue of the family.
An unconfirmed report indicated that another kidnap incident occurred on
Monday along Omu-Aran highway.
Efforts to reach the spokesperson of the state police command
headquarters, in Ilorin, DSP Ejire Adeyemi Toun, on Tuesday, were not
successful as phone calls and a text message sent to her were not responded
till the time of filing this report.
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