Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted a 60-year-old building materials trader in Ibadan, Oyo State.
The victim was kidnapped on Saturday at Jinarere, Alakia in Ibadan while on his way home.
Public Relations Officer of the State Police command, Olayinka Ayanlade, when contacted, confirmed the incident.
Ayanlade in a statement on Sunday, explained that efforts are ongoing to rescue the victim.
Ayanlade said, “Preliminary information reveals that the victim, a 60-year-old male and building materials trader, was accosted while returning home along the Jinarere axis of Alakia Road by four masked armed men, who forcefully whisked him away in an unregistered ash-coloured Toyota Corolla vehicle.”
