10 Kidnappers Kill One, Abduct One in Kwara

Hammed Shittu in Ilorin

Ten kidnappers in military uniform reportedly killed one person in an attempt to abduct the owner of a hotel at Mandala area in Alapa village, Asa Local Government Council Area of Kwara State.

THISDAY checks revealed that one person was also reportedly kidnapped during the incident.

Sources close to the village told journalists yesterday in Ilorin that the suspects were armed with dangerous weapons and shoot sporadically when they invaded the hotel.

They also said that the owner of the hotel eluded the suspected kidnappers by running into the bush.

The State Police Command Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr. Ajayi Okasanmi, confirmed the incident that “happened on Saturday at 10.00 p.m. when about ten armed men in military uniform invaded a Zulu Abeje hotel, Mandala via Alapa in Asa Local Government Council Area of the state.

“In an attempt to abduct the owner of the hotel, one Zulu (sic) and shots were fired by the invaders and one Aro Radaq of Oloje Ilorin, was hit and he died at the front of the hotel.

“The target of the kidnap who happens to be the owner of the hotel escaped with injuries.”

Okasanmi explained that the kidnappers abducted one Abdulhakeem Aminu’ of Anifowoshe area of Ilorin.

He said: “The command immediately dispatched its tactical units on receipt of the information and also co-opted local hunters, vigilantes and the OPC in the search and rescue endeavor.”

The PPRO commiserated with the family of the dead victim and assured that no stone would be left unturned in the effort to rescue the abducted person and arrest the culprits.

He also solicited for timely information the police to arrest of the suspects and free their victims.

Okasanmi, however, advised those planning to embark on protest in the state to shun such plans since “adequate security is already emplaced to forestall any break down of law and order and to protect every law-abiding citizens of the state.”