A traditional ruler, Oba Shedrack Durojaiye, and his wife have been abducted by gunmen in the Yagba East Local Government Area of Kogi State. It was learnt that they were taken along Makutu-Idofin road at about 5pm on Monday. The Oba and his wife were said to have strolled out in the area and in less than 10 minutes, the incident happened.
It was learnt that they were taken along Makutu-Idofin road at about 5pm on Monday.A traditional ruler, Oba Shedrack Durojaiye, and his wife have been abducted by gunmen in the Yagba East Local Government Area of Kogi State.The Oba and his wife were said to have strolled out in the area and in less than 10 minutes, the incident happened.
“This is because we in this LGA have a very robust security architecture keeping vigil and warding off criminal elements away from us. “We smell a rat over this sad incident and we are not resting until we get to the criminal elements who did this dastardly act and rescue our traditional ruler and his wife,” he said.
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