Bandits abducted commuters travelling along the Osogbo/Ikirun road at Ayepe community in Osun State in the early hours of Friday. The victims were said to be have been whisked into the bush by their abductors. Details of how the victims were abducted were not immediately available, but the perpetrators were said to demobilise the vehicle those abducted were travelling in and took them to the bush near the scene of the abduction.
The victims were said to be have been whisked into the bush by their abductors.Bandits abducted commuters travelling along the Osogbo/Ikirun road at Ayepe community in Osun State in the early hours of Friday.Details of how the victims were abducted were not immediately available, but the perpetrators were said to demobilise the vehicle those abducted were travelling in and took them to the bush near the scene of the abduction.
He added that bandits were identified as the perpetrators of a similar case of abduction that occurred in Dagbolu, a community also located along the Osogbo/Ikirun Expressway on Wednesday. “The number of those abducted cannot be categorically stated yet, but we were told five of them travelling in a car were abducted and taken to a bush located at the centre of Iragbiji, Osogbo and Ibokun.
When contacted for confirmation, the spokesperson of Osun Police Command, Yemisi Opalola, said the incident was reported.
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