Gunmen Increase Operation In Ekiti as 3 More Women are Abducted

On Friday afternoon, three women were abducted by unknown gunmen. They were said to have been kidnapped  with their husbands and unspecified number of children along Igbole-osi road while travelling in a Toyota RAV 4 Vehicle to Ibadan, Oyo State, for a wedding.

The case of kidnaps has prompted Governor Ayo Fayose to seek the attention of Inspector general of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase to come to the aid of the state to cob the evil act and ensure that people in the state have courage to go about their daily activities.

Reports revealed that their captors later dropped the men and the children while the women were driven away in the car after collecting the phones and other properties of the victims.
The wailings of the husbands and children reportedly attracted passers-by who came to their rescue.

The State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Alberto Adeyemi, confirmed that they have started investigation on the case.

It will be recalled that no fewer than five people, including a former Chief Medical Director of Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Dr Patrick Adegun, a senior nurse at the Federal Teaching Hospital Ido Ekiti, Mrs Margaret Aladenika and a lecturer of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, had been kidnapped in the last two weeks in the state.

Fayose’s letter calling for  Arase’s special intervention to stem the spate of kidnappings that has hit the state in the last few weeks was dated May 15,  and personally signed by the Governor.

According to a statement in Ado-Ekiti on Friday by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Idowu Adelusi, the governor assured the people that the situation would soon be sorted out.