Crimes

Ogun traffic officer kidnapped on Lagos-Ibadan expressway

Gunmen have abducted an official of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Popoola Olasupo, at Fidiwo axis on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.

It was gathered that Olasupo was kidnapped at about 6:30 a.m. on Sunday, April 16, while going to his duty post.

An eyewitness disclosed that the kidnappers suddenly emerged from the bush and opened fire on a commercial bus with the intention to kidnap the passengers.

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“Eventually, none of the passengers were kidnapped but the TRACE officer was unlucky,” he said.

Confirming the incident, the Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the state anti-kidnapping team is already on the trail of the kidnappers.

“Our anti-kidnapping squad are already after them; we are combing the forests and we know that they will all be arrested.

“Ogun State is not a ground for criminals to settle. It is either they leave or we smoke them out of this state,” Oyeyemi said.

The Star

Segun Ojo

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