INSIDE LIFE:. KIDNAPPERS invade Church night vigil, Abducts 12 worshippers in Osun

Osun State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Yemisi Opalola

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GUNMEN suspected to be kidnappers invaded a Church night vigil on Friday night, abducted 12 worshippers at Odu near the Osun State University (UNIOSUN). They were ordered into the bush.

According to one of the worshippers, Esther Ayodeji, she told newsmen that she was invited as a guest singer for the night vigil.

Esther said that after her ministration at about 1.00am, the gunmen invaded the church shooting into the roof of the church, they abducted 12 of them and moved them into the bush. She said she managed to escape when they met two of the gunmen who started shooting, it was under the confusion she escaped, lying down in the bush till daybreak.

The Osun State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Yemisi Opalola who addressed the Press said 12 of the worshippers were rescued by the Police but one of the women was assaulted. She is receiving treatment at the Police Hospital in Osogbo.

Some of the gunmen were arrested while others have escaped into the bush with gun wounds.

Opalola who is also a Pastor warned religious leaders to be security conscious especially at night vigils considering the security situations in the country. She said God is everywhere and you can call Him anywhere, He will answer. According to her, holding vigils at isolated areas is risky for worshippers.

In another development, three armed robbery suspects were arrested, they are John Michael (34), ALABI Ajewole (53) and Oloko Christopher (54). They were arrested for robbing their victims of a Toyota Corolla, 2006 and Toyota Corolla 2004 Models, One Android and Nokia phones.

FACT OF THE CASE:-

“On 21ST November, 2022, the complainant reported at Ataoja Divisional Police Headquarters that three armed men wearing face masks broke into her house at about 0300hrs of 20th November, 2022 at gun point demanded for money and jewelries.

The suspects dispossessed her of #30,000, locked her and the children in the toilet and went away with her unregistered Toyota corolla 2006 model.

The case was referred to the Command, anti-robbery section for discreet investigation. Since then the Police detectives

have been man-hunting for the suspects.

Also, on 13th January, 2023, another complainant reported at ‘A’ Division, Ilesa that his unregistered Toyota Corolla car 2004 model with one android and Nokia phones were snatched at gun point from his wife in Ilesa while driving home at about 20.00hrs.

The case was also referred to Anti Robbery Section for thorough investigation and the detectives immediately put all necessary investigative mechanism in place and arrested the three suspects in Ilesa.

They confessed to have robbed the first complainant of the above first exhibits and the said amount of money. The suspects who proved to be harden criminals were charged to court and consequently remanded in Ilesa Correctional Centre.

While they were in the correctional centre, police did not rest on their oars, investigation continues and they were later reproduced from the remand for further investigation which led the team to Port-Harcourt, River State where the two (2) Toyota corolla vehicles and the phones belonging to the two complainants were recovered.

Investigation further revealed that one of the suspects John Michael registered the stolen vehicles in his name and sold it in Port-Harcourt at the rate of 2.5million naira each before they were recovered.”