Gunmen Abduct Kogi monarch And wife

Shedrack Durojaiye Obibeni, the Oba of Idofin, and his wife have been taken hostage in Kogi’s Yagba East Local Government Area by suspected gunmen.

According to a report by the News Agency of Nigeria, they were abducted on Monday at around 5 p.m. in Kogi State along the Makutu-Idofin route.

Mr. Abdulrasak Asiru, the chairman of the Yagba East Local Government Council, confirmed the occurrence and called it “very shocking” and “sad.”

Asiru claimed that he was still reeling from the occurrence, which hadn’t occurred in the neighborhood in nearly two years.

“The abduction of our revered Oba and his wife this evening has shocked me, the council chairman, and the people of Yagba East greatly.

“This is because we in this LGA have a very robust security architecture keeping vigil and warding off criminal elements away from us.

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“This incident was well planned by the kidnappers because from what I learnt, the Oba and his wife only moved out to see something, and in less than 10 minutes that incident happened.

“We smell a rat over this sad incident and we are not resting until we get to the criminal elements who did this dastardly act and rescue our traditional ruler and his wife,” he said.

The council boss said that already alerts and messages have been sent to all the traditional rulers and community leaders in Okun land to be vigilant and conduct a thorough search for the rescue of the couple.

Asiru said: “As we speak, our hunters and vigilante group are already out into the bushes searching for the criminals so as to rescue our Oba and his wife as soon as possible.”

However, the Kogi Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Williams Ovye-Aya, said he was yet to be briefed by the DPO of the affected area on the incident.

NAN

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