Published 19th Jan, 2024

By Tola Owoyele

The occupants of two vehicles are believed to have been kidnapped by unknown gunmen in Iju, a border town in the Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State.

Eyewitnesses, in an interview with FIJ on Friday, said the incident happened around 4.30 pm on Thursday.

“I was coming back from the introductory part of a cousin’s forthcoming wedding ceremony when I witnessed the incident yesterday,” one of the eyewitnesses, who preferred to be addressed as Bolu, said.

“For the past three years, and because of how dangerous and life-threatening the Iju road can be to commuters, I had not been driving on it.

“That road has witnessed many cases of kidnapping. While returning from that particular event, I chose to take that route with the hope that there would be no incident.

“However, as I got to Iju and was about to drive past a private school known as Ola Oluwa, I suddenly saw three vehicles coming in the opposite direction at full speed, with their headlights on.

“As the vehicles got close to me, their occupants started yelling at me to turn around because kidnappers were currently operating in the direction I was driving towards.

“I then quickly turned around in a flash to avoid being kidnapped as well.

“As we were all driving for safety, I noticed that one of the vehicles belonging to a group of people who had told me to turn around had been shot at several times by the attackers.

“The kidnappers shot at the vehicle while the driver was trying to avoid the ambush they had laid for unsuspecting road users.

“The vehicle had bullet holes all around it. Luckily, no one died from the kidnappers’ shooting.”

TWO EMPTIED VEHICLES LATER FOUND

MORE DETAILS OF REPORT:-
https://fij.ng/article/vehicle-occupants-missing-after-kidnappers-struck-in-ondo-boundary-town/

It is well

God will save us in this country, no where is safe anymore

We Need URGENT SOLUTIONS To The Increasing Level of Kidnapping in Nigeria.

Ipok news I guess.

Lol, such news doesn't shock anyone anymore because it has become a daily occurrence over there.

It's a complete Hobbesian state of life.

Chinaza don reach Ondo too? These Igbo kidnappers must be omnipresent

Chinanza don reach Ondo barely just 24 hours oga ooo.