Terrorists have reportedly kidnapped a factional leader of Oodua Peoples Congress(OPC) in Kwara State, Chief Bayo Fabiyi, and two other members of the group.
Chief Fabiyi according to THISDAY checks was kidnapped when he led other two members of the group to deliver the sum of N30m ransom, five motorcycles and three bags of rice as demanded by the bandits.
It was gathered that, the incident happened last Sunday at Oko Irese town in Irepodun local government area of the state when the OPC leader, Chief Fabiyi led other two members to the thick forest of the town in order to deliver the ransom.
One of the aides of the OPC leader who spoke with newsmen in Ilorin on Monday on condition of anonymity said that, “Unknown to the OPC chieftain and his team,the abducted victim that they wanted to deliver the ransom for had been killed by the terrorists.
“They took the items to a far away hill inside the thick forests in Oko-irese, that leads to Kogi state after which they were suddenly abducted at gun point”.
It was further learnt that the OPC leader had earlier done spiritual findings from another OPC woman,in ilorin before he embarked on the journey to take ransom to the bandits.
The OPC woman in her spiritual according to source reportedly warned Chief Fabiyi not to embark on the adventure because he saw him tied by the bandits.
“I was surprised that our boss still went on that trip,we didn’t even know that he went until this abduction incident happened.“source said.
Contacted yesterday, the state Police Commissioner, Mr..Ojo Adekimi said nobody informed the police of any kidnap incident involving an OPC member.
“Nobody informed the police of any kidnap incident involving any OPC member,so we weren’t aware that anyone went to deliver ransom items to terrorists.” the police commissioner said.
Hammed Shittu
