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Kwara OPC leader on mission to deliver ransom abducted by bandits
A prominent leader of the Oodua Peoples Congress, OPC, in Kwara State, Bayo Fabiyi, has been abducted by bandits while on a mission to deliver N30 million ransom and other items demanded for the release of an abducted victim in Oko-Irese, Irepodun Local Government Area, DAILY POST reports.
The abduction of the OPC leader and two others occurred on Monday.
Coordinator of the Kwara South Joint Security network, Comrade Zubair Olaitan, confirmed the development to DAILY POST on Tuesday.
Olaitan commended security forces battling armed bandits along Kwara and Kogi border areas, noting that they have been doing their best to checkmate the activities of the criminal elements.
However, noted that more needs to be done in terms of adequate logistics.
A member of the group, who also confirmed the abduction, assured that the abducted leader would soon regain his freedom from the bandits’ captivity.
The bandits had demanded N30 million ransom, five motorcycles and three bags of rice for the release of the abducted victim, which the OPC leader and two others went to deliver leading to their abduction by the hoodlums.
According to informed sources, Fabiyi had consulted a female OPC spiritualist, who cautioned him against the mission.
“The OPC woman warned Fabiyi not to go on the mission because she saw him tied by the armed bandits.
“To our surprise, our boss went ahead on the dangerous mission, we didn’t even know until the abduction occurred,” one of the sources claimed.
However, the state Commissioner of Police, Ojo Adekimi, in a telephone chat with our correspondent, said, “I am not aware of kidnap incident.”
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