Gunmen Kidnap Three Women On Ibadan/Ijebu Ode Road

Gunmen have abducted three women at Onipe community,
Idi Ayunre along the Ibadan/Ijebu Ode Road.
It was gathered that the gunmen emerged from the bush
around Onipe community at about 8:20am on Monday, April
12 and shot indisrciminately to scare travellers before they
whisked away the women to an unknown destination.
The names of the abducted women were given as Mrs
Temitope Okeowo, Mrs Abosede Adebayo and Mrs Bola
Ogunrinde.
It was learnt that Mrs Ogunrinde, said to be military officer,
drove a Toyota RAV-4, with number plate AGL 66 FY. Mrs
Okeowo is a teacher at the Itamarun Comprehensive High
School, Oru-Ijebu, Ogun state while Mrs Adebayo, a dental
therapist, works at the General Hospital, Ijebu-Igbo, Ogun
state.
Two men were said to have lodged a report on the kidnap
incident at Idi Ayunre Division at about 10a.m.
Following the reports, the Idi Ayunre Divisional Police
Officer swung into action and was joined by the Officer-in-
Charge of Anti-Kidnapping Unit and his team as well as
operatives of Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU), local hunters
and vigilante group members to trail the gunmen.
Spokesperson of the Oyo State Police Command, Adewale
Osifeso, who confirmed the latest incident, said the
combined teams of the AKS, Idi Ayunre Division, other
tactical teams, local hunters and the vigilante group had
been actively on the trail of the hoodlums.