By John Odunayo
The Police in Ondo State said on Monday that they have have the found victims of Ose/Ifon area kidnap which occurred on 18th July, 2024.
Police Public Relations Officer, Ondo State Command, Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, said, “The victims are currently being attended to at the Police Medical Services Owo, and will be handed over to their family members after being debriefed”.
Report had it that the driver of the commercial vehicle in which the people were traveling and a female passenger were shot dead at the scene of the incident on Friday evening while five other passengers, including a Corps member, were taken away by the gunmen. However, two of the victims were said to have managed to escape, with varying degrees of wounds.
But the PPRO said on Monday, “The victims were abandoned by their assailants after the police mounted pressure on the kidnappers”.
Odunlami-Omisanya said that continuous combing of the bush with sustained technical support by the policemen drawn from the Tactical Squad led by the Area Commander of Owo, ACP Olufemi Awoyale, frustrated the assailants and they were forced to abandon the victims at Oyinbo/Sanusi Camp.
