Unknown Gunmen abducted 13 people, including seven wedding guests, a pastor and his wife between Kwara-Ekiti on Saturday.
Intelligence gathered that seven guests who were returning to Ilorin from a wedding in Ekiti State in a Sienna bus were accosted by kidnappers at a point between Oke-Onigbin and Omu-Aran in Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State about 5.35pm on Saturday.
The second incident happened between Ekan-Meje in Oke-Ero Local Government Area of Kwara State and Ekiti State which involved a pastor and his wife as well as four other persons.
Public Relations Officer in Kwara State Police Command, SP Ajayi Okasanmi, confirmed the two kidnapping incidents but said that nine victims of the two incidents were rescued.
Okasanmi mentioned in a statement on Sunday that four of the seven victims of the first kidnapping incident which occured between Oke-Onigbin and Omu-Aran were rescued by the joint security men while only the pastor and his wife are yet to be rescued in the second incident.
“The Command promptly dispatched its tactical units comprising the Anti kidnapping and Anti cultists units, joined by local hunters and vigilantes members while police patrols on the routes were alerted.
Credit: Eons Intelligence
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