Thirty-two persons who were returning from a burial ceremony in Benin City, Edo State, have been kidnapped by gunmen around the Ifon area in Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State.
The victims were being conveyed in a Toyota Coaster bus on Saturday when they were accosted and abducted by the unknown gunmen along Ondo State axis on Oluku/Owo Road.
Confirming the incident, the spokesperson for the Ondo Police Command, SP Fumilayo Odunlami, said operatives of the Command and the Army had begun combing the forest to rescue the victims.
The Commander of the Ondo state Security Network otherwise known as Amotekun Corps, Akogun Adetunji Adeleye, also said officials of the formation and other security agencies in the state were already in the forests searching for the victims.
He promised that the command in collaboration with other agencies would adopt all available means to rescue the abductees and arrest the perpetrators.
(THE NATION/INDEPENDENT)
