The Ogun state police command has
disclosed the identities of the five persons abducted on the
Benin-Ijebu-Ode-Sagamu expressway Thursday night.
In a statement, Abimbola Oyeyemi,
spokesman of the state police command, identified the victims as Chidioze
Eluwa, Chiemela Iroha, Okoro Ohowukwe, Ndubuizi Owuabueze, and Ibeleji
Chidinma.
They were heading to Lagos from
the eastern part of the country when gunmen stopped their vehicles and took
them into the forest.
Enoch Adeboye, general overseer
of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), had earlier raised the alarm
over the incident.
He had said the victims were on
their way to the church for a ministers’ conference when they were kidnapped.
Oyeyemi said though the police
had not established if the victims were RCCG members, the incident happened on
Thursday.
He said efforts were being made
to secure the release of the victims, adding that they would soon regain their
freedom.
“On the 1st of August 2019, at
about 3:30 pm, the Ogun State Police Command received information that a
commercial vehicle with registration number KW 230 XA belonging to Abia Line
Transport Company was coming from the Eastern part of the country, heading
towards Lagos,” he said.
“On getting to J3 area of Ogbere,
some hoodlums numbering about 10 suddenly came out of the forest and forcefully
stopped the vehicle.
“Five among the passengers,
namely, Chidioze Eluwa, Chiemela Iroha, Okoro Ohowukwe, Ndubuizi Owuabueze, and
Ibeleji Chidinma, were abducted and taken to the forest.
“The Commissioner of Police,
Bashir Makama, is leading the operation to rescue the victims, with operatives
from the Command’s tactical squads combing the entire area.
“The hideout of the hoodlums has
been geo-located, but our men are trying to be tactical and professional in
order not to jeopardise the lives of the victims we are making efforts to
rescue.
“With the operation going on
presently, we are rest assured that the victims will soon regain their freedom
and the hoodlums will definitively be brought to book.”
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