Gunmen kidnap pregnant woman in Ondo state
Gunmen have abducted a pregnant woman Mary Jesulayomi during an attack at Ayede Community in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State
Penpushing reports that sources disclosed that the hoodlums stormed the community, which is a few meters away from the Federal Secretariat complex, Akure, and started shooting indiscriminately into the air, causing pandemonium in the community.
The viral video sighted on Wednesday, showed an old man, Pa Ogunleye Mese, who is a resident of the community, narrating how the hoodlums entered the community at about 7pm on Tuesday and launched the attack.
Penpushing further reports that the aged man explained that the gunmen attempted to abduct him and his wife but both of them managed to escape, adding that the pregnant woman who came to buy something from their shop was not as lucky, as she was taken away.
“They (bandits) came here yesterday evening, and they started shooting sporadically into the air. They came to my house here, they wanted to kidnap me but I managed to escape but they initially abducted my wife and a pregnant woman who came to buy something in our shop.My wife too managed to escape but they took the pregnant woman away’, he said
Penpushing also reports that the Ondo State Police Command Public Relations Officer Abayomi Jimoh, when contacted confirmed the incident explain that efforts were ongoing to rescue the victim.
“A kidnap case occurred yesterday around 7.40pm at Ayede Community near Alagbaka Extension, Akure, where one Mrs Mary Jesulayomi was captured and taken away; Mrs Ogunleye Mese’, Jimoh said.
“An 85-year-old woman was also kidnapped but was later released, while her husband, a 90-year-old Baba, Pa Ogunleye Mese, suffered injury in the process. The command has deployed tactical teams to the scene and efforts are ongoing towards the rescue of the victim and apprehension of the perpetrators of the crime’, he added
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