Oyo lawmakers recount encounters with kidnappers, herders, hoodlums Oyo lawmakers recount encounters with kidnappers, herders, hoodlums
• Ask Makinde to constitute open grazing prohibition task force, tackle insecurity
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Several lawmakers of the Oyo State house of Assembly, on Tuesday, recounted encounters with hoodlums, kidnappers, herders across the state, urging Governor Seyi Makinde, to urgently assent and see to the implementation of the state’s Open rearing and grazing regulation law, 2019.
The lawmakers decried an increase in killings, kidnappings, herders invasion of farms, crime and criminality in the state while contributing to a motion co-sponsored by Honourable Babajide Adebayo of Ibadan North II constituency and Honourable Tunde Isiaka of Oyo East/West constituency titled: “Stemming the Spike of Insecurity, Killings and Kidnappings in the state,” on Tuesday’s plenary.
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The police in Oyo State on Saturday said Mrs Jumoke Babalola-Oludele, the kidnapped sister of Sunkanmi Babalola, a lawmaker in the Oyo State House of Assembly, has regained freedom from her abductors.
The lady whose brother represents Egbeda state constituency was abducted on Monday, December 21, 2020.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Olugbenga Fadeyi, in a message to our correspondent, said, “Two suspects were arrested in connection with the abduction of a sister of Oyo lawmaker who has regained freedom. The suspects are currently being investigated.’’
Speaking in Ibadan on Saturday, the victim’s brother said no ransom was paid before the release of her sister.
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The police in Oyo State on Saturday, said Mrs Jumoke Babalola-Oludele, the kidnapped sister of Sunkammi Babalola, a member in the Oyo State House of Assembly, has regained freedom from her abductors.
The lady, whose brother represents Egbeda constituency, was abducted on Monday, December 21, 2020.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Olugbenga Fadeyi, wrote in a message to our correspondent, “Two suspects were arrested in connection with the abduction of the sister of the Oyo lawmaker who has regained her freedom and they are currently being investigated, please.”
The victim’s brother in Ibadan on Saturday said no ransom was paid for the release of her sister.