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RESCUE efforts to free four remaining passengers abducted near Iwaraja Junction, along Ilesha/Akure road may have been stalled, following withdrawal of some of the security personnel conducting search for the victims.
Recall that seven of the passengers said to be members of a transport union were reportedly kidnapped by gunmen late Monday, but three of the victims were released early on Tuesday.
According to findings, members of Oodua Peoples Congress in the state and vigilante men, had joined the police in conducting the search for the victims inside Iwaraja forest.
However, security sources, who spoke with The PUNCH on condition of anonymity, said the rescue efforts might have been called off by the people assisting the police.
By Olajide Idowu
Osogbo, Feb. 9, 2021 The Police Command in Osun on Tuesday, confirmed the alleged kidnapping of three travellers along Ilesha-Akure Express in Osun on Monday night.
The spokesperson of the command, SP Yemisi Opalola, confirmed in a statement that the incident happened around 7 p.m. in Iwaraja town of Oriade Local Government Area of the state.
She said the police had, however, deployed men and officers to the forest where the kidnappers retreated after the abduction, in an attempt to rescue the victims.
She said the command, at the moment, was not aware if any contact had been established with families of the victims to demand ransom.
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Some gunmen have abducted seven passengers along Ilesha-Akure road, near Iwaraja junction, and demanded payment of ransom before releasing them.
The abduction, according to sources, occurred on Monday and the victims were said to have been moved to a forest in Iwaraja.
The identities of the victims were not clear as of the time of filing this report, although they were said to be members of a transport union.
But the Osun State Coordinator of Oodua Peoples Congress, Prince Deji Aladesawe, who confirmed the abduction to
The PUNCH, said, “It is true that seven passengers were abducted on the road late Monday. But three of the victims were released today (Tuesday). Two women and a man were released. Their abductors also told the victims that they are Fulani bandits.