Woman, Two Children Kidnapped In Kwara
Some unknown gunmen have allegedly abducted a woman and her two children in Omu-Aran, Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State.
The kidnapped woman, who is said to be the wife of the owner of the filling station, has a shop around the area, it was gathered.
Though the Kwara State Police Command is yet to confirm the incident, the Omu-Aran Development Association confirmed the kidnapping of a woman and her two children in a statement signed by its spokesman, Olayinka Owolewa.
The suspected gunmen were said to have invaded the area and fired gunshots sporadically into the air to scare the people around.
It was further learnt that stray bullets from the gunshots hit two commercial motorcycle riders in the process.
The wounded motorcyclists were said to have been rushed to an unknown hospital in the town, are said to be recuperating.
As at the time of filing this report, it was not known if the alleged abductors of the woman and her two children had contacted their family for a ransom payment.
Meanwhile, the spokesperson of the command, Ajayi Okasanmi said in a press statement on Saturday that the incident was yet to be reported to the police.
He said, “The Command is yet to receive an official report on the incident of the kidnapping at Omu-Aran.”
Moreso, Okasanmi said that the State Command has arrested a 20-year-old man, Azeez Akinloye who allegedly killed his mate identified as Akeem (aka Lakan) with a cutlass during a fight at Odore near Egbejila in Asa local government area of Kwara state on Saturday.
The PPRO said that the two men were alleged to be fighting with cutlasses at Gaa Shagari, off Egbejila village where policemen from Budo Nuhu in Ilorin Airport area who were responding to a distress call met one of them dead.
He said that the Corpse of Akeem had been deposited at the mortuary of the General Hospital while Azeez was arrested by the police.
Okasanmi said that the State Commissioner of Police, Mr Tuesday Assayomo had directed a discreet investigation on the case of culpable homicide.
