Suspected gunmen have reportedly kidnapped three family members including the wife and children of an overseas returnee in Kwara State.
The Informant247 gathered that the incident occurred on Monday, in Okanle-Fajeromi community in Ifelodun Local Government Area, at about 11:00 pm.
It was learned that the gunmen allegedly invaded the community located near Idofian and abducted the victims while they were fast asleep, adding that the wife of a man identified as Sikiru Abiola who returned to the community from overseas about three years ago to practice farming, and his two sons were forcefully taken away by the abductors.
The Olugbense of Okanle who is the Bale (head) of the community, Alhaji Abdulfatai Olasunkanmi, while confirming the incident, said that the gunmen arrived at the community at about midnight on Monday when the villagers were already asleep and invaded the house of Alhaji Sikiru and kidnapped the victims.
He said the vigilantes in the town responded to the alarm raised by Alhaji Sikiru Abiola.
The Bale said, “One of the vigilantes was shot in the leg during a gun duel with the kidnappers and had since been rushed to the hospital. But one of the abducted members of the family was rescued.”
However, the Kwara State Police Command spokesperson, SP Ajayi Okasanmi, confirmed the incident on Tuesday evening.
Okasannmi said, “The matter was reported today (Wednesday) and operatives in collaboration with other security agencies have been deployed to comb the bush.
“Till now, the abducted people have not been rescued from the kidnappers but our men are on their trails and we hope that they will be rescued.”