Gunmen kill police officer, abduct UI Professor, others on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

A police officer was killed, while a Professor of Political Science in the University of Ibadan (UI), Prof. Adigun Agbaje, was among others abducted by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

It was gathered that the kidnappers in military uniform, who laid siege to the Dominica University area on the ever-busy expressway on Friday night, abducted unspecified numbers of passengers and injured one person.

One of the relations of the lecturer, who pleaded anonymity, disclosed that the kidnappers had contacted the family, demanding N50 million ransom.

Speaking on the incident, the Oyo State Police Relations Officer, SP Adewale Osifeso, said the operatives of the command attached to toll-gate got information about the sporadic gunshots around Dominion University end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Friday night.

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Osifeso said the command responded swiftly to the incident with the deployment of Anti-crime patrol operatives, tactical teams, Police Mobile men, and local hunters led by the Divisional Police Officer to rescue the abductees.

He disclosed that during the process, a police officer attached to the command was killed while one other was injured and presently responding to treatment in the hospital.

The police spokesperson said: “So far, expended ammunition shells and four abandoned vehicles were retrieved at the scene.

“Furthermore, the Commissioner of Police, Adebowale Williams, has ordered full-scale scientific and technological aided investigations to unravel the events that led to the incident with the Deputy Commissioner in charge of the State Criminal Investigation Department leading the charge.”

Osifeso, however, called on residents within and outside the area to immediately notify the command whenever they see any gunshot victims and any other strange occurrence.

The Star