Ondo: Kidnappers Abduct Fulani Kinsmen

By Ayodele Oni

It was a case of dog eating dog in Ondo State as suspected kidnappers abducted their Fulani herdsmen kinsmen.

The victims were, however, lucky as they were rescued by operatives of Amotekun Corps in the State.

The victims were abducted by a gang of herdsmen in Supare Akoko, in the Akoko South-West Local Government Area of the state a few days back.

As news of their freedom was being celebrated, five secondary school teachers were kidnapped in Akoko area of the State on Thursday.

The victims are the principal, Joshua Adeyemi, his vice, Ifedayo Yesufu and three Npower attached at community grammar school, Auga, Akoko.

They were kidnapped Thursday afternoon while returning from school along Auga – Ise road.

The Commander of Amotekun corps in the state, Chief Adetunji Adeleye, identified the freed victims as Musa Ibrahim and Amidu Ibrahim.

According to him, their abductors tied them to a tree, and were about to slaughter them when his men arrived at the scene.

Chief Adeleye further disclosed that a member of the gang, Sidi Amodu, was arrested.

He stated that when the operatives stormed the scene, the hoodlums, numbering about seven, fled, leaving behind Amodu, who was sleeping at the time.

“This is a case of herdsmen being kidnapped by fellow Fulani men. The two victims rescued by the Amotekun Corps are Musa Ibrahim and Amidu Ibrahim; they are siblings and they are herdsmen.

“They were kidnapped in Supare Akoko and valuables were taken from them after the kidnap operation. They were tied and about to be slaughtered by fellow Fulani men before our men got wind of it.

“We penetrated the forest where they were hiding and we were able to apprehend one of the criminals.

“He confessed to the crime and said the gang was a group of seven and that they migrated into the state from Benin and Kogi states.

“He said the last kidnap they did involved eight people. He said they all scattered when the Amotekun men came, in order to evade arrest.”