Residents of Kori-Oja and Bisodun villages, as well as neighbouring communities in the Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State are living in fear over increasing cases of kidnapping in their area.
Some of the residents expressed fear, lamenting that reported cases of kidnapping made it difficult for people to go about their daily business.
A community leader in the Kori-Oja community, Solomon Adeniji said the gunmen often attack the communities during twilight and in the early hours of the morning,
He urged security operatives to help found a lasting solution to the attacks a resident of Bisodun village, who pleaded anonymity for security reasons, said kidnappers are taking advantage of the low presence of security operatives to perpetrate evil in the community.
He said: “They came to our community yesterday, they kidnapped a couple. On their way out, the vigilante group engaged them in a crossfire; they were able to save the couple, but the kidnapper shot the wife in her thigh, they escaped and also killed one of the vigilante guys.
“Those of us who are tenants don’t know where to go or what to do”.
A source also said that the kidnappers stormed Kori-Oja village and kidnapped four persons at different times.
The source added that the abductors killed one of the abducted persons who tried to escape.
He hinted that the remaining three kidnapped persons were released by their abductors after they collected ransom.
The source said: “They kidnapped four people, and one of them popularly called Surveyor was killed when he tried to escape. The three others paid ransom before they were released.
“One of them paid over N100,000 while another one N88,000 before they were set free. The police have arrested some of them and they have been transferred to the headquarters in Abeokuta”.
