The Ogun State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of travellers at the Ilisan/Iperu axis on the Sagamu-Benin expressway. According to SP Omolola Odutola, the State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), the incident occurred on Friday, May 3.
Odutola stated that while the police could not ascertain the exact number of people abducted, the hoodlums killed one yet-to-be-identified traveller. The incident, reported as a case of armed robbery, murder, and kidnapping, involved about seven individuals armed with AK-47 rifles who blocked the expressway.
The Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Ilisan, upon reaching the scene, found two vehicles pierced with bullets and another vehicle. The vehicles, a Lexus Jeep 300 with registration number LND 640 DY belonging to Chilaka Lugard, and a Lexus Jeep 350 with registration number LSR 996 JF owned by Kingsley Chineme, were both affected.
Inside the Lexus 350 car, a cross bag containing N113,000, two iPhones (an iPhone 6 and an iPhone 11 Promax), and the corpse of an unidentified man with a gunshot wound to the head were discovered. The third vehicle, loaded with plantains, had its driver abducted but later released along with the vehicle.
The Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alamutu, has ordered tactical commanders and the mobile squadron to pursue the criminals. He has also visited the scene of the incident, assuring that the perpetrators will be apprehended soon.
