Gunmen Strike in Southwest State, Abduct University Lecturer, Student, Others
- A lecturer at Tai Solarin University of Education, Mrs Lateefat Abimbola, has been kidnapped
- Abimbola was reportedly abducted in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun state on Thursday, May 20
- In another separate incident, some unknown gunmen kidnapped a student of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, alongside two others
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Some unknown gunmen have reportedly abducted the deputy director of information communication technology of the Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijebu-Ode, Lateefat Abimbola.
A student of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, named Toyinbo Olayinka, and two others were also kidnapped, a report filed by The Punch stated.
Legit.ng also obtained from a group of the university's ex-students Abimbola's photo and a plead to the members of the public to help with any useful information about her whereabouts.
Source: UGC
While Abimbola was kidnapped in Ijebu-Ode on Thursday, May 20, Olayinka was abducted on Saturday, May 22, from a farm at Abule-Itoko in Ogun state.
She was reportedly kidnapped along with the owner of the private farm, simply identified as Dominic, and a Togolese lady.
It was gathered that the abductors of the FUNAAB student and two others have contacted the wife of the farm manager, demanding N50m ransom from each of the three.
On the TASUED lecturer’s abduction, a source was cited as saying that her abductors had not reached out to the family.
Legit.ng learns that FUNAAB's spokesman, Kola Adepoju, confirmed the incident on Sunday, May 23, adding that Olayinka was abducted where he had lived for three years.
Adepoju said the friend of the abducted student and a nursing mother, who witnessed his abduction, said he was kidnapped by gunmen at a private farm where he had been working and living for the past three years.
He noted that the management of the University has reported the abduction at Ogun State Police Command headquarters.
The state police command's spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the command had been briefed.
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Meanwhile, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has suggested what the leadership must embark on to get the country out of the grip of terrorism and other security challenges.
Speaking at the commissioning of the Professor Abayomi Oluwatosin Jiboku Building and Entrepreneurship Centre in Lariken International College in Ibadan, Obasanjo on Friday, May 21, pointed at quality education for Nigerian children and youths as one of the best solutions to the menacing problem.
He stressed that unless the federal government prioritises sustained quality training and education for citizens, the nation will continue to suffer the painful consequences of criminality which have exhibited itself in banditry, terrorism, and most recent of all, kidnapping.
Source: Legit.ng
