Gunmen suspected to be criminal herdsmen have kidnapped a community leader in Imope, Ijebu-North Local Government Area of Ogun State, Tajudeen Omotayo.
Omotayo, popularly called Oba Alade meta of Imope town, near Ijebu-Igbo, was kidnapped on Saturday afternoon.
A resident of the town who spoke on condition of anonymity on Monday said that the man left his place for Ijebu-Ode around 11 am in his car.
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The source further explained that the victim was kidnapped by herdsmen on his way back home around 3:00 pm by unknown gunmen who accosted him at Oke-Eri of Imope and took him away leaving his vehicle on the road.
Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi also confirmed the incident said: “We are aware of the incident, we are on it. Our people are there, operatives of the Anti-kidnapping unit are there. The Area Commander, Ijebu-Ode is there. All the DPOs have been deployed to the place. We are working on it.”
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