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| Fatai Owoseni - Lagos State Commissioner of Police |
Barely 24 hours after the abducted secretary of Isheri North Landlord affiliation turned into launched by his abductors, members of the Oodua people’s Congress (OPC) and five farm employees of Eliasa Farm have been kidnapped in Igbodu region of Epe, Lagos kingdom yesterday.
It become accumulated that the gunmen, numbering approximately 15, dressed in military camouflage, stormed the farm located along Ishiwo avenue around 7a.M. And kidnapped the OPC participants, who work as safety guards and the farm people.
Investigation found out that the 2 OPC individuals have been employed by using the farm proprietor to offer safety at the farm when kidnapping inside the network became at the boom inside the location.
After the morning abduction, the victims have been taken via the forest right into a ready boat on the riverside. As at the time of submitting this document, the abductors have no longer contacted the farm control or households of the victims.
“The sound of weird voices woke me up early this morning,” said Isaac Ayuba, a farm employee who became lucky to break out. “earlier than I realize what changed into happening, I saw a man ordering me to open the door to the room where I slept. I observed there were other men within the premises. I counted six of them and they have been all armed. They were ordering my colleagues to open their doors.
“one of the other guys fired his weapon and the whole location became in commotion. Even the armed man standing at my door became burdened. So I used the door to push him aside and ran toward the fence. He shot at me as I did but ignored. That become how I escaped,” he said.
Isaac and a farm supervisor known as the police who visited the power and discovered no person. All of the other employees had been kidnapped. “Marcus, James, Modiu, Alfred and three other farms people are missing,” Isaac added.
A supply in the region, who spoke on cellphone, stated two weeks ago, the same gunmen invaded the community and abducted six farmers and one client who came to buy farm produce.
The abductors additionally stormed the community on Friday, January 27, and kidnapped a 24-yr-antique Olabiyi Ifeoluwa, a graduate of vitamins and Biotechnology from Ladoke Akintola college, Ogbomosho, Oyo kingdom and 3 different farm employees recognized certainly as Busuyi, Kposu, a Togolese country wide and John.
The 4 abducted victims were employees of Tanda Farm. Thereafter the abductors contacted the owner. It turned into accrued that N2 million ransom and cartons of purple label gin were sooner or later paid as ransom for his or her release.
The negotiator, Ayodeji Akinyemi, who is Ifeoluwa’s fiancé, turned into stated to have dropped the ransom at a designated factor, as directed by using the kidnappers. He was said to have additionally been advised on phone, the path he could lead the released employees via inside the wooded area after their release.
Akinyemi said the abductors also had a room where abducted infants are kept, in addition to first resource field for remedy of injured sufferers. He additionally revealed that one of the sufferers, recognized sincerely as John, who tried to break out, became shot within the arm.
The Lagos state Police Public relations Officer (PPRO), Dolapo Badmos, who showed the incident, said “it's miles true seven farm people had been kidnapped at Igbodu vicinity. The Lagos country Police command has began investigation following the file and we're operating assiduously to rescue them.”
Additionally speakme, the Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, instructed The dad or mum that the photo became not clean but on the said kidnap.In line with him, “we obtained a misery name that some farmers had been kidnapped, however whilst the Divisional Police Officer and his guys visited the scene, they observed there has been no such incident, but after someday, I heard that it was some farmers who have been off-loading fowl that turned into abducted. We are still investigating the matter to get a clearer photo.”
It become accumulated that the gunmen, numbering approximately 15, dressed in military camouflage, stormed the farm located along Ishiwo avenue around 7a.M. And kidnapped the OPC participants, who work as safety guards and the farm people.
Investigation found out that the 2 OPC individuals have been employed by using the farm proprietor to offer safety at the farm when kidnapping inside the network became at the boom inside the location.
After the morning abduction, the victims have been taken via the forest right into a ready boat on the riverside. As at the time of submitting this document, the abductors have no longer contacted the farm control or households of the victims.
“The sound of weird voices woke me up early this morning,” said Isaac Ayuba, a farm employee who became lucky to break out. “earlier than I realize what changed into happening, I saw a man ordering me to open the door to the room where I slept. I observed there were other men within the premises. I counted six of them and they have been all armed. They were ordering my colleagues to open their doors.
“one of the other guys fired his weapon and the whole location became in commotion. Even the armed man standing at my door became burdened. So I used the door to push him aside and ran toward the fence. He shot at me as I did but ignored. That become how I escaped,” he said.
Isaac and a farm supervisor known as the police who visited the power and discovered no person. All of the other employees had been kidnapped. “Marcus, James, Modiu, Alfred and three other farms people are missing,” Isaac added.
A supply in the region, who spoke on cellphone, stated two weeks ago, the same gunmen invaded the community and abducted six farmers and one client who came to buy farm produce.
The abductors additionally stormed the community on Friday, January 27, and kidnapped a 24-yr-antique Olabiyi Ifeoluwa, a graduate of vitamins and Biotechnology from Ladoke Akintola college, Ogbomosho, Oyo kingdom and 3 different farm employees recognized certainly as Busuyi, Kposu, a Togolese country wide and John.
The 4 abducted victims were employees of Tanda Farm. Thereafter the abductors contacted the owner. It turned into accrued that N2 million ransom and cartons of purple label gin were sooner or later paid as ransom for his or her release.
The negotiator, Ayodeji Akinyemi, who is Ifeoluwa’s fiancé, turned into stated to have dropped the ransom at a designated factor, as directed by using the kidnappers. He was said to have additionally been advised on phone, the path he could lead the released employees via inside the wooded area after their release.
Akinyemi said the abductors also had a room where abducted infants are kept, in addition to first resource field for remedy of injured sufferers. He additionally revealed that one of the sufferers, recognized sincerely as John, who tried to break out, became shot within the arm.
The Lagos state Police Public relations Officer (PPRO), Dolapo Badmos, who showed the incident, said “it's miles true seven farm people had been kidnapped at Igbodu vicinity. The Lagos country Police command has began investigation following the file and we're operating assiduously to rescue them.”
Additionally speakme, the Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, instructed The dad or mum that the photo became not clean but on the said kidnap.In line with him, “we obtained a misery name that some farmers had been kidnapped, however whilst the Divisional Police Officer and his guys visited the scene, they observed there has been no such incident, but after someday, I heard that it was some farmers who have been off-loading fowl that turned into abducted. We are still investigating the matter to get a clearer photo.”