Armed bandits kidnap 2 company staff, one other on Lagos Ibadan Expressway

The armed bandits who struck on Saturday evening succeeded in kidnapping two members of staff of a company and one other person.

Recall that MSN reported that a Nollywood actress, Adebimpe Akintunde narrowly escaped being kidnapped by armed bandits who opened fire on passing motorists on the express.

She was able to escape by reversing quickly and facing one-way back to Ibadan.

News has now filtered in that the gunmen numbering about 10 succeeded in kidnapping members of staff of the Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers (NCRIB) and another unidentified person that same day.

According to the Nigerian Tribune, the workers were said to be returning home from a ceremony when one of the three vehicles conveying them broke down and the other two vehicles waited for the one that broke down.

It was learnt that while repairs were being carried out on the faulty one, the kidnappers suddenly emerged from the bush and abducted three of the occupants of the vehicles.

When contacted, the spokesperson of the Ogun State command, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the abduction of three persons.

The PPRO, however, said that men of the anti-kidnapping unit of the command, vigilantes and hunters, are combing the bush to get the perpetrators and rescue the victims.

Meanwhile, the Executive Secretary of NCRIB, Tope Adaramola, who confirmed the incident, disclosed that the kidnappers had contacted the management demanding N20 million each for the victims to regain freedom.

Adaramola said that the kidnappers used the mobile phone of one of the victims to demand the ransom, adding that the management had equally reported the incident at the Divisional Police Headquarters in Isara as well as Ogun State Police Headquarters.