Three unidentified women were kidnapped in Ekiti State today
by unknown gunmen. The women were kidnapped with their husbands and unspecified
number of children along Igbole-Igbosin road while travelling in a Toyota RAV 4
Sports Utility Vehicle to Ibadan, Oyo state, for a wedding.
by unknown gunmen. The women were kidnapped with their husbands and unspecified
number of children along Igbole-Igbosin road while travelling in a Toyota RAV 4
Sports Utility Vehicle to Ibadan, Oyo state, for a wedding.
It was gathered that their captors later dropped the men and
the children while the women were driven away in the car after collecting the
phones and other valuables from the victims. Continue…
the children while the women were driven away in the car after collecting the
phones and other valuables from the victims. Continue…
The husbands and the children were said to be wailing
profusely until some sympathisers came to their aid.
profusely until some sympathisers came to their aid.
The State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Alberto
Adeyemi, confirmed the report to our correspondent.
Adeyemi, confirmed the report to our correspondent.
“The Divisional Police Officer in Ido called in today to
give the report about the kidnapped women. We have already launched
investigation into the case but I can’t speak about it,” he said.
give the report about the kidnapped women. We have already launched
investigation into the case but I can’t speak about it,” he said.
The whereabouts of the women remained unknown while contact
had not been established with the families as of press time.
had not been established with the families as of press time.
No fewer than five people, including a former Chief Medical
Director of Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Dr Patrick Adegun; his
wife, Kikelomo; a senior nurse at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido Ekiti, Mrs
Margaret Aladenika; and a lecturer of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, had
been kidnapped in the last two weeks in the state.
Director of Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Dr Patrick Adegun; his
wife, Kikelomo; a senior nurse at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido Ekiti, Mrs
Margaret Aladenika; and a lecturer of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, had
been kidnapped in the last two weeks in the state.
Meanwhile, the Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has
written the Inspector General of Police, Mr Solomon Arase, calling for his
intervention to stem the spate of kidnappings that had hit the state in the
last few weeks.
written the Inspector General of Police, Mr Solomon Arase, calling for his
intervention to stem the spate of kidnappings that had hit the state in the
last few weeks.
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