Friday, May 2, 2025 - Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have reportedly cut off the hands of three victims in their captivity before freeing them in Yagba West Local Government Area of Kogi State.
According to Daily Trust, the latest victim, Lanlege Adewale,
from Ogbe, a neighbouring town of Egbe in Yagba community, who was abducted on
Saturday, had his hand chopped off by his abductors, without them demanding
ransom.
Two other persons, a driver and a yet-to-be-identified
victim, are reportedly lying critically ill in a hospital in Egbe.
According to the locals, Adewale and four others were
abducted on Saturday when their car was ambushed between Egbe and Ikoro in the
Yagba community of the state.
The gunmen reportedly flagged down their car, and all the
occupants of the vehicle, two men and three women, were ferried into the forest
that extends to Kwara and Ekiti states at that flank of the state.
A victim was quoted by the locals as saying, “They were
whisked into the forest by standby motorcycle riders, shortly after they fell
into the hands of their abductors in an ambush on the road.
“The armed men, wearing military uniforms and wielding AK-47
rifles, seized five of them. Three of them were women. They took them to a bush
that links Kogi with Ekiti and Kwara states,” Olaoye Adeola, a native of Egbe,
said.
A family member, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said
Adewale was released to go without demanding a ransom from him, after cutting
his hand off in the bush, wondering how he survived with blood gushing from his
hands for hours.
A source added that, besides Adewale, a victim whose identity
could not be established because of his critical condition, is lying ill at a
hospital in Egbe, where he was rushed to after he was released with his hands
chopped off.
“Another victim, a driver who had his hands chopped off in
the same circumstance a few weeks ago by the hoodlums, is still receiving
treatment in the hospital at Egbe
‘’The residents of
Yagba communities are now living in fear because of the dangerous dimension
introduced by these hoodlums,” a resident of Egbe, who simply wants to be
identified as Babajide, said.
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