Gunmen abduct Eyimba, Abia Comet players in Ondo
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on Sunday evening abducted two football players plying their trade with clubs in the eastern part of the country.
According to sources, Ojo who plays for Eyimba Football Club in the country’s elite Nigerian Professional Football League, NPFL, and Iluyomade, a footballer with Abia Comets of the second-tier Nigeria National League, NNL were on their way to Akure, the Ondo State capital from the eastern part of the country when the gunmen struck.
“The kidnappers have reached out and named their price already. Ojo was allowed to speak too during the conversation. When contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Tee-Leo Ikoro, confirmed the incident and said the police were already on the trail of the hoodlums to secure the release of the victims.
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