Armed men have kidnapped three policemen in Ogun State in broad daylight.
The police officers were abducted on Thursday at Wasinmi, in Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State, TheNewsGuru has learnt.
The policemen were said to have been booked at the police division in Wasinmi before they left for their place of primary assignment, and further investigation revealed that the kidnapped cops arrived in Ogun State from Zone 2, Onikan, Lagos State, to investigate a crime.
Led by Inspector Oladipo Olayemi, the officers were kidnapped on the road by their abductors, who allegedly accosted them at about 2:30 pm.
The source said the commercial driver, who conveyed the cops, escaped by a whisker from the kidnappers, noting that the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in Ewekoro had led his men in search of the missing policemen.
Contacted, the Ogun State Police Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the incident.
Oyeyemi said, “People were kidnapped, but only one policeman is involved.“
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Oyeyemi added that the police are on the kidnappers’ trail, assuring the victims would be rescued.
“We are on the trail of the kidnappers. Do you think we are going to keep quiet? We will get them and rescue the victims unhurt,” he said.
He added that men of the anti-kidnapping unit are on the kidnappers’ trail.