Three persons were said to have been abducted in the last couple of days along Aramoko-Erio-Efon road in Ekiti State.<\/p>\n
The route extended to Osun border had become a beehive for criminals in recent time, where there had been reported cases of kidnapping, robbery and killings.<\/p>\n
Among the abductees are Ibadan based twins; Kehinde and Taiwo Olowoafara, who were kidnapped by suspected herders at Aramoko Ekiti on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Another victim and General Secretary of Christ\u2019s School Alumni Association, Ado Ekiti, Mr. Ayo Oladele, was reportedly abducted on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The policemen, families and friends of the victims are yet to know their locations while efforts were being intensified to ascertain where they were kept.<\/p>\n
The abductors, according to a family source, were requesting a sum of N6 million each from the twins, totalling N12 million ransom to regain their freedom.<\/p>\n
According to Oladele\u2019s family, the kidnappers are demanding a sum of N10 million for him to be let off the hook.<\/p>\n
Confirming the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer, Ekiti Command, Mr Caleb Ikechukwu, said the incidents have been reported to the police.<\/p>\n
Ikechukwu added that every resource was being deployed by the police to ensure that those that were held hostage are set freed.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe command was aware of the kidnap incidents along that route. We have deployed all our resources particularly our personnel to be on the trail of these evil doers.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are doing our best to ensure we locate them and set them free.<\/p>\n
\u201d Our concern is to free them and also arrest these evil men and bring them to justice\u201d.<\/p>\n
When asked whether they are working in tandem with the victims\u2019 families, the PPRO said: \u201cThat is not our concern. Even if the families fail to tell us, we must do our work since the police were aware\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n
When the activities of these kidnappers were becoming uncontrollable, soldiers were enlisted last year to comb the expansive forest between Efon and Iwaraja being used as a hideout.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Three persons were said to have been abducted in the last couple of days along Aramoko-Erio-Efon road in Ekiti State. The route extended to Osun border had become a beehive for criminals in recent time, where there had been reported cases of kidnapping, robbery and killings. Among the abductees are Ibadan based twins; Kehinde and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":10416,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[664,246,308,138],"class_list":["post-10415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-abduction","tag-community","tag-ekiti","tag-kidnap"],"yoast_head":"\n