Ogun: Gunmen kidnap poultry farm manager, one other

A poultry farm manager identified as Tunde Osifowokan and one other have been abducted by suspected gunmen, on Monday afternoon, at a farm in Idowa, in the Odogbolu area of Ogun State.

The gunmen were reported to have stormed the poultry farm requesting for its owner and shooting into the air to scare people around.

It was also gathered that the Hausa community in the town reported a case of a missing person, Isiaka Aileru, who went to the farm and never returned.

The development was confirmed to newsmen by the Sobaloju of Idowa, Chief Yusuf Olusanya.

He said, “The incident is true. The hoodlums, according to what I heard came wearing masks and shooting sporadically. They demanded for the owner of the poultry farm, but since none of the workers is actually the owner they kept quiet.

“However, one of them stood up and when the hoodlums asked him to identify himself he said he is the younger brother to the owner of the farm. That was how they went away with him.

“While trying to escape, they shot at one driver in the neck, they riddled his vehicle which he uses in carrying blocks with bullets

“A new twist was added to the incident when the Hausa Community in the town on Tuesday also said that they are looking for one of them, one Mallam Isiaka Aileru.

“He was said to have gone to his farm on Monday but he had since not returned. He has even been traced to his farm and they found the cloth he wore to the farm but he was nowhere to be found.

“The thinking is that this same gang might have been responsible for this missing Mallam Isiaka Aileru

“The police at Idowa, Odogbolu and even the Area Commander from Ijebu-Ode have all been here but as we speak we have not heard anything as touching demand for ransom by these abductors.”

The Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alamutu confirmed the abduction of the poultry farm manager.

He said that the Police is deploying all its arsenal and intelligence to ensure that the victim regains freedom.

Alamutu said, “There was actually a kidnap but only one person was involved and not two. If they are looking for another person it may not be a kidnap. If the person has not returned home they should give us another 24 hours before they will go and make an official complaint.”

 

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