Kidnappers kill one, abduct 3

Suspected five-man gang of kidnappers, Tuesday evening, killed one person and kidnapped three others, including Mr. Rotimi Oyedepo, immediate younger brother of the Chairman, Governing Council of Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti, Akogun Oyedepo.

It was gathered that Mr. Rotimi Oyedepo and two others were in the car on the Ijara-Isin/Isanlu Isin Road when the kidnappers, wielding guns, intercepted them.

He said while they were ordering them out of the car into the nearby thick bush, one innocent motorcylist, who was riding towards the scene of the incident at the time was instantly shot dead.

The source gave the name of the dead person as Adeyemi of Pamo Isin.

He advised  the “people in Isin Local Government Area of the state to avoid travelling between Ijara and Isanlu Road.”

The source also claimed that another bus conveying passengers from Ekiti State on the same route was intercepted and all the passengers were taken away into the thick bush.

Akogun Oyedepo, who is also a chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kwara State confirmed the incident to Vanguard. 

He said his immediate younger brother was on errand for burial ceremony of their mother, which will take place in their hometown, Isanlu Isin, on Saturday when he was kidnapped with two others.

The incident happened at Ijara-Isin/Isanlu Isin Road around 6p.m. 

He said: “Yes, one of the kidnapped victims is my immediate younger brother. He was on an errand with others for the burial ceremony of our mother this Saturday when he was kidnapped alongside others.”

Contacted, spokesman  of Kwara state Police Command, Ajayi Okasanmi  confirmed the incident.

“One person was killed and three others are still missing according to the information available.

“Policemen have been drafted into the thick forest to comb it and rescue the kidnapped victims alive and  also arrest the kidnappers.”

Culled from Vanguard