Gunmen Consume Eba And Soup Before Abducting Clerics In Ogun

Kidnappers have allegedly abducted two clerics In Ogun. The abductors took their time to eat in the homes of the victims before leaving.

The incident happened at Ayetoro along Ayetoro-Abeokuta road in the Yewa-North Local Government Area of the state shortly after the clerics returned home from a lecture on Saturday.

A family member of one of the victims, Hussein Ibrahim disclosed to Channels Television how the incident occurred.

He said: “It happened around 10pm when they were alighting from the Toyota Highlander which my brother had just bought two months ago.

“The kidnappers were five and when they came, they had laid ambush somewhere in the dark and were able to capture them immediately.

“After they took them, they marched them inside, seized our phones, went to the kitchen, took the Eba and pot of soup, and ate the food and all the meats in the soup before taking the clerics away.

He stated that the kidnappers later called and demanded a sum of N15m as ransom.

DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the police public relations speaker confirmed the incident and stated that they were already searching for the perpetrators.

“Yes, we are aware. Our men have been there with others including local hunters combing the bush,” the police spokesman said.

“We will get them. We have got others in Ijebu-Ode and other areas in the state. We will get them and deal with them.”

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