H0T: Gunmen Abducts Farmer, Injures Others In Kwara | READ IN FULL
Faith Ukanwa
Apr 23, 2021
The Kwara State Police Command, has confirmed the abduction of a farmer and businessman, Alhaji Alaga Olayemi by seven unidentified gunmen.
Olayemi was reportedly kidnapped from his farm at about 7p.m on Thursday, April 22, at Oke-Onigbin in Isin Local Government Area of the State.
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The Command spokesperson, SP Okasanmi Ajayi, said, Police operatives have launched a manhunt in a bid to arrest the abductors and rescue the victim.
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" One Alhaji Alaga Olayemi was reportedly kidnapped in his farm by seven unknown gunmen.
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"Intensive efforts to rescue him has been activated by the Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Lawal Bagega," the spokesman stated in a text message on the development to DAILY POST on Friday.
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According to report, the victim and two others were ambushed and attacked by the yet-to-be identified gunmen on their way home from a maize farm.
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After the confrontation with the armed men, two boys working for Olayemi escaped being abducted but sustained machete cuts inflicted by their attackers.
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Olayemi was however, abducted and whisked away by the gunmen to an unknown destination.
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— Faith Ukanwa