The Oba of Idofin, Shedrack Durojaiye Obibeni, and his wife have been abducted by suspected gunmen in Yagba East Local Government Area, Kogi State.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria, they were abducted around 5 p.m. on Monday along the Makutu-Idofin route in Kogi State.
Mr. Abdulrasak Asiru, Chairman of the Yagba East Local Government Council. Confirmed the incident and termed it as “very shocking” and “sad.”
Asiru stated that he was still in disbelief by the episode. Which had not occurred in the neighborhood in nearly two years.
He stated, “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”.
The council chief further stated that notifications and messages have already been sent to all traditional rulers. And community leaders in the Okun area, urging them to be watchful. And undertake a comprehensive search for the couple’s rescue.
“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”, according to Asiru.
However, the Kogi Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Williams Ovye-Aya. Stated that he had not yet been informed of the incident by the DPO of the affected area.
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