Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted unspecified number of travellers at Ilisan/Iperu axis on the Sagamu- Benin expressway, Ogun State.
Grassroots Parrot reports that the gunmen also killed one of the travellers at the scene of the incident.
SP Omolola Odutola, the police spokesperson in the state, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta, the state capital on Monday.
Odutola said that the last Friday incident around 6:55p.m was suspected to be a case of armed robbery, murder and kidnapping.
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She narrated further ”We have information that about seven people with A.K 47 suddenly blocked the Benin-Sagamu expressway.
“The Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Ilisan got to the scene of the incident , saw two vehicles pierced with bullets and one other vehicle.
”Lexus jeep 300 with registration number LND 640 DY, the driver’s name is Chilaka Lugard and another Lexus jeep 350 with registration number LSR 996 JF belonging to Kingsley Chineme.
” Inside this Lexus 350 car was found a cross bag with N113,000, two iPhones, an iPhone 6 and iPhone 11 Promax.
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“There was also a corpse of an unidentified man, who was shot in the head.
“The third vehicle was loaded with plantain and the driver, who was among those abducted but has regained freedom was later allowed to go with the vehicle.
” The other Lexus vehicles have been taken to Ilisan police station,” she said.
She said the Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alamutu, had directed the tactical commanders and the mobile squadron in the state to go after the criminals shortly after an emergency meeting on Monday.
The commissioner had also visited the scene of the incident, according to the spokesperson, assuring that the criminals would be apprehended soon.