By Ahmed Ajikobi
Suspected Fulani gunmen numbering about 7 last week at Oke Onigbin, Isin Local Government area of Kwara State kidnapped a popular businessman and maize farmer, Alhaji Alaga Olayemi
He was reportedly ambushed by his abductors around 7pm in the company of some of his aids while on their way home from a maize farm. The aids who initially confronted the attackers sustained injuries in the process but managed to escape with machete cut injuries while their boss was whisked off to an unknown destination.
but following the man hunt launched by the security personnel in the state for the rescue of one Alhaji Alaga Olayemi who was abducted by suspected Fulani herdsmen on Wednesday in Oke-Onigbin, Isin local government area of Kwara State, security operatives have rescued the victim from the den of the kidnappers.
The State Commissioner of Police, CP Mohammed Lawal Bagega, announced this in a statement in Ilorin, the state capital, on Friday.
The statement reads: “I am pleased to inform the good people of Kwara state of the rescue of 69 year old Alhaji Alaga Olayemi, who was abducted in his farm at Oke-Onigbin in the evening of 21/4/2021 by a seven-man gun wielding gang.
“After a painstaking search and rescue operation ordered by the Commissioner of Police Kwara State and conducted within Oke-Onigbin, Iloffa, Ekiti and Eruku areas of the state by the police and other members of the security community, the abductors were forced to abandon their victim at Oyogbo village under intense security pressure when it became obvious they couldn’t escape arrest.
“The victim is presently undergoing some medical checkup in an undisclosed hospital. Effort is being intensified to get the abductors apprehended.
“The commissioner of police, while soliciting for more cooperation of the citizens by giving police information, wishes to assure the good people of Kwara State of their safety at all times, while warning criminal elements to vacate the state, as the police command would not hesitate to employ all lawful means to deal with criminals irrespective of their status.”
