IN the Aseyori community, Alagbado area of Kwara State, two sons of a scrap dealer, Lukman Aliyu, have been kidnapped by gunmen.
According to Information gathered, at least six gunmen broke into the victims’ home at midnight and began shooting randomly.
Aliyu and his wife Sarat, who spoke with journalists yesterday, noted that Quadir, 15, and Muideen, 12, were kidnapped.
“I don’t even know how I survived because they came raining bullets on the house. I hid my wife and five children in one of the rooms and ran elsewhere but they used cutlass and axes to destroy the door beneath to gain entrance. They took two of the children and hit my wife on the chest terribly in the process.
“They took away four phones and have contacted us demanding 20 million naira ransom. This is the third kidnapping incident in weeks in the area and residents have abandoned their properties for fear of being kidnapped,” Aliyu added.
Speaking to the Police Public Relations Officer, Ajayi Okasanmi, to confirm the situation, he stated that the crime might not have been reported to the command headquarters when called. He however said he would contact our journalist, but as of the time this report was submitted, he had not done so.
The Alagbado neighborhood, which is near Okoolowo on the outskirts of the town, had had multiple kidnapping attacks in the previous month, some of which have resulted in the deaths of the victims.
