THE spate of kidnapping appears to be growing with more such incidents occurring on a daily basis.
In separate incidents, an unspecified number of passengers travelling between Ekiti and Ondo States have been reportedly kidnapped by some gunmen who laid siege on the road.
The victims were said to have been abducted in the incident took place between Ikere Ekiti and Iju axis of Ondo State.
At the scene of the incident two vehicles, a Toyota Corolla and a white Highlander, were seen on the road. A video of the abandoned and bullet-rid vehicles is being circulated on social media.
A source in the area, confirmed that the incident happened on Thursday night, saying the two vehicles were intercepted and the drivers forced to stop.
The source said: “The kidnappers might have marched them into the bush. The incident happened in the evening and it came to our knowledge on Friday morning when we saw the vehicles riddled with bullets.”
He, however, said the incident had been reported to the police in the area and they had visited the scene of the incident.
Though the State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Funmi Odunlami, confirmed the incident, she said the command cannot confirm the number of people involved in the incident.
She explained that men of the anti kidnapping section of the command have swung into action immediately the incident was reported, adding that “they have combing the forest since.”
She also noted that there was no official report from the family or families of the owners of the vehicles, adding that there was no report of missing people in the state.
While noting that it was unclear that the kidnappers had contacted the family members for ransom, the police image maker, however, assured that the command would soon unravel what took place and rescue the victims if it was a case of abduction.
Meanwhile, it was gathered that men of the Amotekun in the state had started tracking the kidnappers as some operatives had been deployed to the forest since Friday morning.
Gunmen abduct man driving home with wife in Abuja
Gunmen, on Friday, abducted a resident of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abdullahi Sabo, who was driving home with his wife on Friday.
This is coming less than 48 hours after gunmen invaded Army Estate in Kurudu area of the state and abducted some residents.
The gunmen were said to have intercepted Sabo’s vehicle at Sabon-Lugbe, Airport road in the nation’s capital.
It was gathered that he had left the city center and was heading home in his Lexus jeep when the attackers, who were inside an unmarked Golf car, opened fire and deflated tyres of the jeep.
One of the victim’s neighbours, Daramola Joseph, who confirmed Sabo’s abduction said: “They shot the tyres, forcing the vehicle to stop, but before they could get close to the jeep, the man’s wife had escaped. However, they went away with the husband.
“The man with his wife were returning from the city center and heading towards the access road to Jedo Estate when the gunmen struck,” the neighbour said.
When contacted at the time of filing this report, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Josephine Adeh, said: “Let me find out and get back.”
Husband escapes as gunmen kidnap wife, one other in Oke-Ogun
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has confirmed the abduction of two persons by gunmen in the early hours of Saturday in Otu town in the Itesiwaju Local Government Area of Oyo State.
The Public Relations Officer of NSCDC in the state, Samuel Opabiyi, confirmed the incident in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan, the state capital, on Saturday.
“Yes, it is true, but the police have taken over the investigation because it falls under their purview,” Opabiyi said
NAN further gathered that the two victims were identified as Dayo Olayanju and one Mrs Obasola, whose husband, Kehinde, was said to have escaped with gunshot wounds.
A community leader in the local government area, who preferred anonymity, said the incident happened in the early hours of Saturday.
“They were kidnapped in different areas. One was kidnapped on Okeho road.
“I have confirmed it. Two people were kidnapped, but we don’t know where they have been taken to as at now,” the community leader said.
However, efforts to get the reaction of the Police Public Relations Officer of the Police Command in the state, Adewale Osifeso, proved abortive, as calls put through to his telephone line were not answered as at the time of filing this report.
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