Yet-to-be-identified gunmen on Monday night abducted the Oba of Idofin, Shedrack Durojaye Obibeni and his wife along Makutu-Idofin road in Yagba East local government area of Kogi State.
According to a source, the monarch’s car was flagged down at gunpoint by the hoodlums who whisked him and his wife away to an unknown destination.
The incident was also confirmed by the Director of Security of Okun Development Association (ODA), Mr Tunde Ibrahim.
The Kogi State Command’s Police Public Relations Officer, SP William Aya, assured that efforts were being intensified to ensure the immediate release of the monarch and his wife.
According to him, Hakeem Adesina Yusuf, the state Commissioner of Police, had already deployed men of the command, in conjunction with other sister security operatives and local vigilantes with a view of tracking the hoodlums and rescuing the victims.
The PPRO said, “We are already on the trail of the abductors of the monarch and his wife. No cause for alarm. Men of the command, in synergy with other sister security operatives, hunters and vigilantes are on the track of the hoodlums.”
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Meanwhile, a tricycle rider in Kano, Bala Abdulrahman, has returned the money he recovered by the roadside to the Nigeria Police Force.
Spokesman of the Kano State Police Command, SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, confirmed this in a statement.
According to the statement, “On 14/06/2023 at about 1330hrs (1:30 pm), one Bala Abdulrahman a tricycle rider and resident of Gunduwawa, Gezawa LGA reported himself at Fagge Police Division, Kano, that while he was on his business, he saw a suspicious item in black leather by the roadside along Kwanar Dawaki in Dawakin Kudu LGA, found and picked the item where he found some huge amount of money, hence, delivered it to the police.”
He said the state Commissioner of Police, CP Mohammed Usaini Gumel, commended Abdulrahman for his honesty and good conduct.
The command called on the good people of the State to emulate the gesture and continue to cooperate with the police and report any suspicious person(s), movement, or item(s) to the nearest police station.
The police urged anybody who might have lost his/her money, especially around the Kwanar Dawaki axis, to report to the office of the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Bompai Police Headquarters Kano, to establish proof of ownership or call 07033093437 or 08099893959.