Gunmen storm Kwara community, kidnap traditional chief, 3 others

Gunmen storm Kwara community, kidnap traditional chief, 3 others

At least four persons have been reportedly abducted in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State.

They were abducted when suspected armed kidnappers stormed Afin community in Ile-Ire district on Tuesday.

Among those abducted is a high chief, it’s gathered.

The attack on the community occurred barely hours after a similar invasion on Oke-Ode community in the same local government on Tuesday in which one suspected armed robber was killed.

The Public Relations Officer of the Kwara State Police Command, DSP Ejire Adetoun Adeyemi, confirmed the incident to newsmen on Wednesday.

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He gave the name of the abducted as high chief Simon Ibiwoye, the Olukotun of Afin community along with three teenagers.

She said the Kabiyesi of the community reached out to inform the police about the development.

“The abducted victims were taken to an unknown location, but on the receipt of the information, a team of the military, police and local hunters swung into action and stormed the bush where they were able to get three alleged informants linked to the suspected armed kidnappers now on the run.

“A cell phone was recovered on which the pictures of the suspected armed kidnappers were seen for easy identification.

” The alleged informants have been handed over to the anti-kidnapping unit of the state police command in Ilorin for continuation of investigation,” she added.

Adeyemi further stated that the search for the victims was ongoing at the time of this report.

Gunmen storm Kwara community, kidnap traditional chief, 3 others