Connect with us

METRO

Police rescue 9 kidnapped Lagos PDP members

Published

on

The Police Command in Ogun have rescued nine out of the 10 members of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos kidnapped by gunmen last Thursday on their way back to Lagos from Ibadan.

Commissioner of Police in Ogun, Mr Abiodun Alamutu, confirmed the release at a news briefing in Abeokuta on Monday.

Alamutu named Mr Phillip Aivoji, Chairman of PDP in Lagos among those freed, regretting, however, that one of the abductees, Bilikisu Kazeem, lost his life during exchange of gunfire between police and the hoodlums.

Alamutu said that the abductees were freed early on Jan. 29 after four days in captivity.

Our correspondent recalled that Aivoji and nine others were kidnapped on their way back from Ibadan around Ogere axis of Lagos-Ibadan expressway after attending a PDP meeting in Ibadan.

The police commissioner said that he was not aware of any ransom being paid to the hoodlums before the release of the PDP chieftains.

The police had, on Saturday, claimed in a statement issued on behalf of the command by Mr Omolola Odutola, the Public Relations Officer, that its operatives were making concerted efforts to free the kidnapped PDP officials unhurt.

Alamutu commiserated with the family of the 37-year-old Bilikisu Kazeem who died as a result of the bullets wound he sustained during the incident.

Abiodun Lawal

NEWSVERGE, published by The Verge Communications is an online community of international news portal and social advocates dedicated to bringing you commentaries, features, news reports from a Nigerian-African perspective. A unique organization, founded in the spirit of Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, comprising of ordinary people with an overriding commitment to seeking the truth and publishing it without fear or favour. The Verge Communications is fully registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as a corporate organization.

Comments
NIGERIA DECIDES

NIGERIA DECIDES

Shell Digital Plan RESPONSIVE600x750
Shell Digital Plan RESPONSIVE600x750
GTB
JoinOurWhatsAppChannel