Gunmen demand N50million ransom for release of kidnapped Nigerian Professor
Gunmen who abducted Prof Adigun Agbaje of Political Science, University of Ibadan (UI) alongside number of travelers on Lagos-Ibadan expressway have contacted the family of the university don, demanding N50million to secure his release
Penpushing reports that, a family source confirmed this, while it is also recalled that, the kidnappers in military uniform laid siege to Dominica University area on the expressway on Friday night, abducted unspecified numbers of passengers and killed a police officer.
The Oyo State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Adewale Osifeso who confirmed the incident said the operatives of the command attached to the toll-gate got information about the sporadic gunshots around Dominion University end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Friday night.
Penpushing further reports that, he explained that the command responded swiftly to the incident with the deployment of Anti-crime patrol operatives, tactical teams, Police Mobile men, and local hunters led by the Divisional Police Officer to rescue the abductees.
The police spokesman added that, during the process, an officer attached to the command paid the supreme price with one other badly injured and presently responding to treatment, stating that expended ammunition shells and four abandoned vehicles were recovered at the scene
“So far, expended ammunition shells and four abandoned vehicles were retrieved at the scene. Furthermore, the Commissioner of Police, Adebowale Williams, has ordered full-scale scientific and technological aided investigations to unravel the events that led to the incident with the Deputy Commissioner in charge of the State Criminal Investigation Department leading the charge”, he added
Penpushing also reports that Osifeso, however, called on residents within and outside the area to immediately notify the command whenever they see any gunshot victims or any other strange occurrence.
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