Bandits abduct police officer in Kwara

By Demola Akinyemi, Ilorin

Armed bandits person reportedly kidnapped a Nigerian constabulary officer, Mr Ezra John, who is attached to the Lade Division successful the Patigi Local Government Area of Kwara State.

Vanguard reliably gathered that the serviceman was abducted aboriginal Thursday greeting portion returning from authoritative work astatine Patigi General Hospital to his basal successful Lade.

The incidental reportedly occurred on the Patigi–Lade road, a way that has precocious gained notoriety for predominant transgression attacks.

The abduction has heightened concerns implicit increasing insecurity successful Patigi and its environs, with renewed calls for stronger information measures to support lives and property.

Contacted yesterday, a elder constabulary serviceman attached to the Patigi Divisional Police Office astatine Patigi, who sought anonymity, confirmed the disfigured development.

He said that, “We person informed the authorities constabulary bid astir the incident, and each efforts are ongoing to rescue the constabulary officer.”

Efforts to corroborate the improvement from Commissioner of Police Adekimi Ojo weren’t palmy astatine property time, arsenic helium didn’t reply respective calls to his phone.

Vanguard, however, gathered that helium was successful the entourage of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, who was presently successful Okeode to sojourn the assemblage implicit the past Sunday greeting bandits’ attack, wherever nary less than eleven persons were killed portion a yet-to-be-specified fig of persons were kidnapped.

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