BY TIMOTHY AGBOR
UNKNOWN gunmen have kidnapped some travellers in Osun State.
The travellers were said to have been abducted along Omoh/Erin-Ijesha road in Ori-Ade Local Government Area of the state on Sunday night.
The number of people abducted have yet to be ascertained.
The Point gathered that the travellers were waylaid on the road by gunmen, who took some of them to a nearby bush around Ori-Oke Omoh while others were left at the scene.
One of the victims who escaped from the Kidnappers’ den was said to have reported the incident at the police station.
Corps Commander of Amotekun outfit, Osun State, Gen. Bashir Adewinbi, confirmed that some travellers were abducted on Sunday.
Adewinbi said the number of those kidnapped had yet to be known but noted that some Amotekun officers had been deployed to the area for manhunt.
“We don’t know the number of people that were kidnapped by gunmen but we have drafted people to the scene of the crime to secure their release,” he said.
When the Police Spokesperson, Yemisi Opalola, was contacted, she confirmed the abduction.
Opalola however said only two travelers were kidnapped.
“Two people were kidnapped on Sunday evening and our men have been deployed to the area to rescue them,” she said.
But a security source said, “The Commissioner of Police alerted the Amotekun corps about the kidnap. The police with the Amotekun corps have been mobilised to the scene. The area where they kidnapped those travellers has been giving security agents issues for a while now.
“There was a time that they shot an Amotekun corps there. The number of those abducted by the gunmen are not known.”
