A heavily pregnant woman and two others have been abducted by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on Sunday evening, along Igbo-Ora-Sokoto highway.
The gunmen were said to have contacted the families of the victims and demanded a sum of N10 million each as ransom.
It was gathered that the victims had gone to visit a friend around Rounder area of Abeokuta before the unfortunate happened.
However, two other persons were said to have escaped the abduction by those suspected to be herdsmen.
According to a source “the victims went to greet someone at Karigo Bus-stop at Rounder area.
“The road was bad and so they parked their vehicle somewhere in the area and while heading to their destination on foot, the kidnappers swooped on them. They were five inside the vehicle, two people escaped since Sunday.
“They have called now and demanded N10 million on each victim.
“The families have gone to report at the police station.
“One man and two women, of which one of them is pregnant.
“One of them is a thrift collector in the market in Itoku market while one is a civil servant.”
The Police Public Relations Officer of the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the incident.
Oyeyemi said the victims went to the forest for a special prayer before they were abducted.
He said “Our people have been on their trail.
“In fact, while I was discussing with the O C (Officer-in-charge) they were still in the bush in that area trying to get all those people.
“So, the command is aware of it and we are investigating it.”
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