Dele Moses,Ilorin
Kidnappers have abducted the twin daughters of the traditional ruler of Obbo-Ayegunle in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State. The six-year-old girls were abducted by the kidnappers on Thursday alongside a driver, a security officer and a maid in the palace of the monarch.
There have been many reported cases of kidnap in Kwara recently.
They were all said to have been kidnapped along Osi-Obbo-Ayegunle while going to Obbo-Ayegunle in a palace vehicle driven by the driver with others as passengers.
This happened when they were returning from school in Omu-Aran in the neighbouring Irepodun Local Government Area of the state.
The kidnappers were said to have taken them to an unknown destination and have not established any contact with relatives of the victims.
The suspected kidnappers while taking all the five victims away left behind the vehicle in which the victims were travelling before the attack.
The state police command which confirmed the incident said an anti kidnap team from the command had commenced an operation to rescue the victims.
The command in a statement signed by its spokesman, Okasanmi Ajayi, urged members of the public with information that could aid the rescuing of the victims to make available such information.
The statement reads: “The Kwara State Police Command wishes to inform the members of the public of a reported case of kidnap received from HRM Oba Samuel Adelodun, the Owalobo of Obbo Ayegunle in Ekiti Local government area of Kwara State, that on 14/10/2021 at about 1830hrs, while in transit from Osi to Obbo Ayegunle, his Driver by name Kunle ‘m’, his Security named Lawrence Abiodun, his maid named Bukunmi Akanbi ‘f’ and his twin baby girls Taiwo and Kehinde aged 6yrs were kidnapped by an unknown number of armed men while his vehicle Siena with Registration Plate number bearing Owalobo of Obbo Ayegunle which was conveying the victims was abandoned on the road.
“On receipt of the information, the Commissioner of Police Kwara State, CP Tuesday Assayomo psc+ dispatched the Anti Kidnapping and other Tactical Units of the Command alongside local hunters and vigilantes to immediately commence a search and rescue operation in the area for possible arrest of the abductors and safe rescue of the victims.
“The commissioner of police wishes to advise members of the public with useful information that can aid the quick rescue of the victims to make such information available to the command.
“While assuring the good people of Kwara State of their safety and security at all times, the CP advises members of the public to be conscious of happenings around them, avoid movements in isolated and lonely routes at odd hours of the day.
“He reiterates the commitment of the command to the security of lives and safety of citizens and residents of Kwara State.”
