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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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1. President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday presided over the virtual groundbreaking ceremony of the rail line to connect Nigeria and Niger. The rail project will link Kano-Katsina to Jibiya-Maradi.
2. President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday urged the Senate to confirm the new Service Chiefs as ambassadors. Buhari’s appeal was contained in a letter sent to the Senate and was read by the President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan.
3. Some suspected internet fraudsters, popularly known as ‘Yahoo Boys’, on Tuesday protested their incessant arrest by the security agents in Osun State. They blocked Osogbo/Ilesa expressway in the State.
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No fewer seven persons were, on Monday evening, kidnapped along Ilesa- Akure express road by armed suspected Fulani herdsmen.
The herdsmen said to have abducted travellers who were mainly officials of road transport workers but whose identities are yet to be identified as at the time of filing in this report.
The kidnapped people who said to be in a 16- seaters bus before being abducted by their abductors around 9.30 pm of the day in Iwaraja town of Oriade Local Government Area of Osun State, said to have been marched to a nearby forest in the area where the incident happened.
By Evelyn Usman and Dayo Johnson
The peace and tranquility hitherto experienced in Ondo State, is gradually being replaced by fear and uncertainty, as the state grapples with a new wave of criminality – kidnapping!
Many indigenes and residents alike, have had their fair share of experience in the hands of kidnappers.
Saturday Vanguard findings revealed that these kidnappers consist two major groups: criminals who masquerade as herdsmen. These herdsmen intercept vehicles on highway and whisk their victims into the forest, from where they contact their families for ransom. This group also attacks victims intheir farmlands and take them into the forest reserve areas, from where negotiations for their release are made through telephone conversation.