Kidnappers Strike Kwara Community, Taking Five Hostages
A kidnapping gang has abducted five people, including a woman, her daughter, a visitor, and two men, in the Odo-Eku community, Isin Local Council, Kwara State.
The Guardian understands that the incident occurred around midnight on Tuesday while villagers were asleep. The assailants reportedly invaded the community, firing shots into the air to create panic, causing residents to flee for safety. During the ensuing confusion, the five victims were taken hostage.
Sources revealed that the kidnappers headed into the surrounding countryside on Wednesday, prompting local vigilantes, hunters, and security forces to mobilise in pursuit of the criminals and to rescue the abductees.
Confirming the incident, a community leader, Odofin of Odo-Eku, Elder Ogundeji, said: “The victims are Hausa farmers who live in Odo-Eku. Among them are a woman, her daughter, another woman who was visiting, and two men.”
Ogundeji added that police officers had visited the crime scene and assured residents of ongoing efforts to rescue the victims. Spokesperson for the Kwara State Police Command, Toun Ejire-Adeyemi, confirmed the attack, noting that it occurred around 1:15 a.m. on January 15. She said the victims, comprising two males and three females, were taken to an undisclosed location.
“Immediate deployment of security operatives has been initiated. The Police, alongside vigilante groups, are actively working to secure the release of the abductees,” Ejire-Adeyemi said, promising further updates as the rescue mission progresses.
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Yoonus Kola Olatinwo Modupe Oluwole Saliu Oluwole Ibrahim Mashood Forgo Battery Muyideen Ajani Bello Senior Ibrahim Suleiman Women Radio Onilu Countryside Emerging Leaders Fellowship Maimunat Oloriegbe Bukola Saraki Ibrahim Oniye COVID-19 Palliatives Okedare Taofeeq Olateju Peculiar Allowance Kehinde Boyede KWAFFA Bayo Onimago Bolakale Saka Bolaji Aladie Tosho Yaqub Gobir United Nigeria Airline Salman Alada AbdulKareem Yusuf Danhawa Yusuf Zulu-Gambari Olaosebikan Bond Majlis For Sadakah, Zakat And Waqf KWASSIP Oba-Solagberu Radio SBS AIT Ilorin Ahman Patigi Ibrahim Bio Lithium Orire Abiodun Musa Aibinu Kayode Laro ER-KANG General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport Ishola Abdullahi Ahman Pategi Yusuf A. Usman Kunle Suleiman Abdulrasaq Alaro Smart School Okin High School Madawaki Amuda Musbau Babata Toyin Abdullahi Offa Abiodun Jacob Ajiboye Ambassador Kayode Laro IF-K Kassim Babamale Yunus Lawal Bashirat Bola Bello NTA Ilorin Issa Oloruntogun IESA Oladipo Akanmu Tolani Roheemat Hammed Odolaye Aremu Ganiyu Abolarin Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital T And K FOODS Abdulfatai Salman Baakini Shururat Olatinwo KWASEIC Ayobola Ipinlaiye Jare Olatundun Alaaya Tinubu Legacy Forum

