The kidnappers escaped with a pastor, his wife and four others despite chase by the police, local hunters and vigilantes.
Six persons were kidnapped in two incidents on Saturday in Kwara, with the kidnappers escaping with the victims despite being chased by the police, local hunters and vigilantes.
Mr Okasanmi said the police had on Saturday received two simultaneous reports of kidnappings along the Oke-Onigbin/Omu Aran highway and in the Ekiti/ Ekan Meje axis of the southern senatorial district of the state. Mr Okasanmi said the police “promptly dispatched its tactical units comprising the anti-kidnapping and anti-cultists units, joined by local hunters and vigilantes members; while police patrols on the routes were alerted.”
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