Mother, Two Children Kidnapped by gunmen in Kwara

Date: 2021-09-25

A mother and her two children were Friday evening in Omu-Aran, Irepodun local government area of Kwara state abducted inside their room by yet-to-be-identified gunmen.

Sunday Vanguard reliably gathered that the incident happened around 7 pm near a petrol station at Oko junction area in the ancient town.

It was reliably gathered that the kidnapped woman, is the wife of the owner of the nearby filling station and that she also has a shop around the area.

The suspected gunmen were said to have invaded the area and fired several gunshots sporadically into the air to scare away the residents.

Thereafter, two of the gunmen were said to have gone inside the room and held the woman and her two children at gunpoint and dragged them into their car and they drove away.

It was also gathered that stray bullets from the gunshots hit two commercial motorcycle riders in the process and they sustained severe injuries.

The wounded Okada riders who were said to have been rushed to an unknown hospital in the town, are said to be recuperating at press time.

As at the time of filing this report, it was not known if the alleged abductors of the woman and her two children had contacted the family for a ransom payment The state police command is also yet to confirm the incident.

Contacted, Spokesperson of the command Ajayi Okasanmi told Sunday Vanguard that he has not been briefed of the incident.

He said, "I am not aware of the incident, but I will get back to you as soon as I am officially briefed of the development."

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Akande Idowu Ayoola Muhammed     Magaji Nda     Olayinka Olaogun     Ben Duntoye     Code Of Conduct Tribunal     Ilorin West     Ganiyu Abolarin     Moses Adekanye     Ahmed Dankaya     Code Of Conduct     Sayomi     Ajia-Bako     SARS     Javed Khan     NAWOJ     Kunbi Titiloye     A.E. Afolabi     Suleiman Idris     Okeose Christian Cementary     Theophilus Oyebiyi     Valsolar     Omotoso Musa     Lithium Deposit     Abubakar Baba Sulaiman     Yashikira     Ilorin Metro Park     IF-K     Segun Ogunsola     Bayo Mohammed Onimode     Leke Ogungbe     Sulu Gambari     Association Of Kwara State Online Media Practitioners     UNIFEMGA     Mutawali Of Ilorin     Ahmad Belgore     Samari     Umaru Saro     Rachael Obisesan     Alabere     Atiku     Abdullateef Abdussalam     Forgo Battery Company Limited     Dorcas Afeniforo     Mustapha AbdulGaniyu     CLAY POT     Bolaji Aladie     Oniwa     Guber Aspirant     Bola Shagaya     Binta Sulyman     Sola Saraki Educational Foundation     International Vocational Centre     Ibrahim Abdulkadir Abikan     Abdulrasheed Akogun     Kwarareports     Oyeyemi Olasumbo Florence     Ibrahim Abdullahi     Kwara Pdp     Manzuma     College Of Health     Yoonus Lawal     Sodiya     Sherif Sagaya     Coronavirus     Kwara Apc     Ibrahim Gambari     Sidikat Uthman Ajibola     Chikanda     Sulyman Tejidini     Ebola     Salaudeen Oyewale     Abubakar Kawu Baraje     Islamic Development Bank     Doyin Group     Arinola Fatimoh Lawal     Kupchi Hosea Maxwell     National Association Of Nigerian Students    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Saka Abimbola Isau     Idris Amosa Oladipo Saidu     Omu-aran     Olohungbebe     Aishat Sulu-Gambari     KWTV     Kola Shittu     Oke-Ode     ITP     N-Power     Yahaya Oloriegbe     Pategi     Olupako Of Share     Barakat Community Secondary School     Afetu Of Alabe     Kolawole Akande     Ajia-Bako     Abdulrasheed Lafia     Bashirat Bola Bello     Abiodun Musa Aibinu     Olosi Of Osi     Jelili Yusuf     Ayinde Oki     Samari     School Of Nursing     Raliat AbdulRazaq     Local Government Pension Board     Adamu Attah     Third Estate     Hussein Oloyede     COVID-19 Palliatives     Abdulrasaq Alaro     Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi     Ope Saraki     Muritala Awodun     Erubu Oba Zubair     Mubarak Oladosu     YAKOOYO     Isiaka Yusuf     Olatunji Bamgbola     Bolaji Aladie     Sai Kayi     Aiyedun     Isiaka Saka Opobiyi     UITH     TVC Female National Debate     Minimum Wage     Prince Mahe Abdulkadir     Garment Factory     Dapo Teni Nig Enterprise     Quareeb     Kuliyan Geri     Adesoye College     Association Of Kwara State Online Media Practitioners     Egbejila     Simeon Sayomi     Olaiya Lawal     Jaigbade Alao     Mohammed Alabi Lawal     Asa LGEA School     Isiaka Oniwa     Yakubu Danladi     Funmilayo Mohammed     Babatunde Ishola Babaita     Issa Baba     Senior Ibrahim Suleiman     Isiaka Danmeromu     Chartered Institute Of Personnel Management Of Nigeria     HAMFAT Clinic And Maternity     Aisha Ahman Pategi     Folashade Omoniyi     Umar Gunu     Ayoade Akinnibosun     Isapa     Mogaji Aare     Ambassador Kayode Laro     Paul Olawoore