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Cases of kidnapping are becoming worrying in the South-West with kidnappers having a field day in Ekiti State. It’s a miraculous story for one of the kidnap victims, sixty-three-year-old retiree, Mr Taiwo Davies, who spent about a week in the den of kidnappers after he was abducted on Friday, November 16, 2019 axis along Ikere–Akure Road.
Davies said, “Kidnappers don’t move in the daytime. Immediately they kidnap someone, they would move to the bush in that environment, but the following day, at about 7pm when they know people are no longer on the farms, they would move to another place.
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Published 25 December 2020
WITH the police deficient and the promised succour from the Western Nigerian Security Network known as Operation Amotekun yet to materialise, serial security breaches in Oyo State are inflicting a heavy toll on citizens. Kidnapping for ransom, highway robbery and herdsmen attacks are escalating to dangerous proportions in different parts of the state, affecting residents, expatriates and business. The governor, Seyi Makinde, will undoubtedly require new energy, initiatives and uncommon courage to overcome this messy security challenge.
Right through 2020, the state has witnessed high-level insecurity. At the weekend, the vast chronicle of breaches swelled up again after a female quarry worker was abducted in the Moniya-Ojoo area of Ibadan, the state capital. Damilola Agboola’s kidnapping comes a week after kidnappers seized two Indians in front of a pharmaceutical firm near the (old) tollgate on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. S
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A female quarry worker, Damilola Agboola, on Monday was abducted by unknown gunmen on the Old-Oyo- Ibadan road.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, SP Olugbenga Fadeyi, confirmed the abduction in a statement made available to newsmen on Tuesday in Ibadan.
Fadeyi said that information received from the Moniya Divisional Police Officer (DPO) revealed that Agboola was abducted on Monday at about 1:00pm by suspected five-man gang.
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Ibadan, Dec.,22,2020 A female quarry worker, Damilola Agboola, on Monday was abducted by unknown gunmen on the Old-Oyo- Ibadan road.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, SP Olugbenga Fadeyi, confirmed the abduction in a statement made available to newsmen on Tuesday in Ibadan.
Fadeyi said that information received from the Moniya Divisional Police Officer (DPO) revealed that Agboola was abducted on Monday at about 1:00pm by suspected five-man gang.
“Information from DPO Moniya revealed that, on 21/12/2020 at about 1:00 pm, one Agboola Damilola ‘f’ a staff of Delydad Quary was abducted along Old-Oyo Ibadan road by suspected five-man criminal gang.