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Gunmen on Sunday kidnapped a petroleum products dealer in Ado Ekiti, Alhaji Suleiman Akinbami.
The incident happened at the victim’s petrol filling station on the Ado-Ijan Road in Ado Ekiti around 9pm.
The gunmen, said to be four, took the victim to an unknown destination.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Sunday Abutu, who confirmed the incident, said, “The command has deployed a special team of policemen to be assisted by the Amotekun Corps, the local hunters and the vigilantes to comb the bush for possible tracking of the suspects and the release of the victim.
Police confirm kidnap of prominent Ekiti petroleum dealer
Mr Akinbami is also one of the leaders of the state chapter of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria.
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Gunmen on Sunday night kidnapped a prominent petroleum dealer, Suleiman Akinbami, in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital.
The Police Command in Ekiti State, on Monday, confirmed the abduction of the businessman and said a manhunt had been launched with the collaboration of other security agencies.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mr Akinbami was abducted by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on Sunday night at about 9:00 p.m. at one of his filling stations located along Ado Ekiti – Ijan Ekiti road, close to the Odo Ado Divisional Police Headquarters.