Gunmen abduct score, shoot one on Sagamu-Ijebu-Ode expressway

GUNMEN suspected to be kidnappers, Sunday night abducted no fewer than 20 travellers on the Sagamu-Ijebu-Ode expressway.

Members of the gang, who were said to have ambushed the travellers between Sagamu Area Command of the Nigeria Police and Ilisan township, shot one of their victims on the knee.

Chairman of Ilisan Development Council, Otunba Wemmy Osude, who confirmed this to newsmen, said one of the victims of the attack, who is a resident of Ilisan Remo was already receiving medical attention at the Babcock University Teaching Hospital.

He said: “Information reaching me right now confirmed a kidnapping incident between the Area Command and Ilisan City Gate (formerly Delabo). 

“A resident of Ilisan was reportedly shot on the knee and is receiving medical attention at Babcock Teaching Hospital. 

“Other victims were taken into the bush. While waiting for additional information, please contact your loved ones who may be plying the road at about this time to be cautious.”

Osude said he had spoken to the resident of the town, who was currently receiving treatment at Babcock University Teaching Hospital and he is in a stable condition.

He said: “I have spoken to the Sagamu Area Commander about this incident and hopefully, we trust that all the security agents will go after these criminals and rescue these people.”

It will be recalled that about two months ago, one person was killed while about six others were abudcted around this same axis of Sagamu-Ijebu-Ode expressway.

The unfortunate incident was preceded with the abduction of two other and the murder of Prof. Yinka Olomojobi of Babcock University, Ilisan Remo, at the Ajadeh Event Centre, along Iperu-Sagamu Road, Iperu Remo, in the Ikenne Local Government Area of the state.

Olomojobi, was a professor of human rights and gender law.