Gunmen, on Monday, kidnapped the Oba of Idofin, Shedrack Obibeni, and his yet-to-be-identified man, wife, in the Yagba East Local Government Area of Kogi State.
, the victims were kidnapped around 5pm along the Makutu-Idofin Road in Kogi State.
Confirming the incident, the Chairman, Yagba East Local Government Area, Abdulrasak Asiru, described the incident as very shocking and sad. Asiru said, “I, as the council chairman and the people of Yagba East are in great shock over the kidnap of our respected Oba and his wife this evening. This is because we in this LGA have a very robust security architecture keeping vigil and warding off criminal elements away from us.
“This incident was well planned by the kidnappers because from what I learnt, the Oba and his wife only moved out to see something, and in less than 10 minutes, that incident happened.
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