Sad Week In Nigeria: Over 239 killed, 44 kidnapped in separate incidents
The killings, mostly by armed non-state actors, occurred in different states of the country.
Indeed, that is the perfect description of the current situation of Africa’s most populous nation where kidnappings and killings have become the order of the day.
In the past week, at least 239 people were killed and 44 others kidnapped in separate violent incidents across the country, mostly by armed non-state actors.
The violence is not limited to any state, ethnic group or religion. It is a general problem that the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari is finding difficult to curb.
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Suspected gunmen have kidnapped the Supervisor for Agriculture in Ekiti West Local Government Area of Ekiti State, Mr. Ebenezer Busuyi.
The abducted supervisor is also a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state.
Sources revealed to newsmen that Busuyi was kidnapped on Thursday evening along the desolate Ilawe-Erinjiyan Ekiti road while driving in his personal car.
This came a week after some suspected gunmen invaded the palace of Obadu of Ilemeso-Ekiti, Oba David Oyewumi, in Oye Local Government Area of the state and whisked him away.
After Busuyi’s abduction, his car was said to have been abandoned beside the road.
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Alhaji Alaga Olayemi, a businessman and farmer, was kidnapped on Wednesday by unknown gunmen from his farm in Oke-Onigbin, Isin local government area of Kwara, the State Police Command confirmed on Friday.
The Public Relations Officer of the Kwara Police Command, SP Ajayi Okasanmi, told Newsmen in Ilorin on Friday that the businessman was kidnapped by seven unknown gunmen, indicating that intensive effort to rescue him has been activated by the state’s Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Lawal Bagega.
According to findings, the businessman was abducted along with some of his Aides.