A traditional ruler, Oba Shedrack Durojaiye, and his wife have been abducted by gunmen in the Yagba East Local Government Area of Kogi State.
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It was learnt that they were taken along Makutu-Idofin road at about 5pm on Monday.
The Oba and his wife were said to have strolled out in the area and in less than 10 minutes, the incident happened.
However, confirming the incident was Mr Abdulrasak Asiru, Yagba East Local Government Council Chairman, who described the abduction as shocking and sad.
He added that such had not happened in the area for almost two years.
“I as the council chairman and the people of Yagba East are in great shock over the kidnap of our respected Oba and his wife this evening.
“This is because we in this LGA have a very robust security architecture keeping vigil and warding off criminal elements away from us.
“This incident was well planned by the kidnappers because from what I learnt, the Oba and his wife only moved out to see something and in less than 10 minutes that incident happened.
“We smell a rat over this sad incident and we are not resting until we get to the criminal elements who did this dastardly act and rescue our traditional ruler and his wife,” he said.
The council boss said that already, alerts and messages had been sent to all the traditional rulers and community leaders in Okun land to be vigilant and conduct thorough search for the rescue of the couple.
Asiru added: “As we speak, our hunters and vigilante group are already out into the bushes searching for the criminals so as to rescue our Oba and his wife as soon as possible.”
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