Officers attached to the Ondo state Police
Command are in search of a three-member gang suspected to be responsible
for the abduction of a 90-year-old man, Alhaji Musa Adisa, popularly
known as Labaika in the state.
DailyPost gathered that Alhaji Adisa, a former president of the Ondo State branch of Master Bakers Association of Nigeria, was kidnapped on Tuesday at about 6am, while he was on his way to observe his morning prayers at a mosque, said to be a stone throw from his 121, Isolo Street, Akure home.
An eyewitness, who had earlier arrived at the mosque to call the faithful to prayer, said the old man was forcibly seized by two members of the gang when he was about to enter the place of worship and bundled him into a red Toyota Camry car parked beside the church.
He said, “The men covered Alhaji’s mouth and forced him into the waiting vehicle that drove off as they shot into the air to scare residents.”
The matter was reported to the Ijapo Police Station where officers sent signals of the incident to other police formations.
Search teams were hurriedly put together by residents of the area as they combed the vicinity, while another team moved towards the Akure Plaza route that the victim was driven to, but no traces of him were made.
One of the victim’s son, Alhaji Musibau Iyiola who took over as the state President of the Master Bakers, appealed to the kidnappers to release his father, whom he said had been sick for some time now due to old age. He said the man usually manage to walk across to the mosque to observe his prayers.
The Public Relations Officer, Ondo State Police Command, Mr. Wole Ogodo, confirmed the abduction of the old man.
He however, said, “The police is winning the war against kidnappers as several of them have been arrested lately. The old man would be found and rescued by detectives.”
Source: Daily Post
DailyPost gathered that Alhaji Adisa, a former president of the Ondo State branch of Master Bakers Association of Nigeria, was kidnapped on Tuesday at about 6am, while he was on his way to observe his morning prayers at a mosque, said to be a stone throw from his 121, Isolo Street, Akure home.
An eyewitness, who had earlier arrived at the mosque to call the faithful to prayer, said the old man was forcibly seized by two members of the gang when he was about to enter the place of worship and bundled him into a red Toyota Camry car parked beside the church.
He said, “The men covered Alhaji’s mouth and forced him into the waiting vehicle that drove off as they shot into the air to scare residents.”
The matter was reported to the Ijapo Police Station where officers sent signals of the incident to other police formations.
Search teams were hurriedly put together by residents of the area as they combed the vicinity, while another team moved towards the Akure Plaza route that the victim was driven to, but no traces of him were made.
One of the victim’s son, Alhaji Musibau Iyiola who took over as the state President of the Master Bakers, appealed to the kidnappers to release his father, whom he said had been sick for some time now due to old age. He said the man usually manage to walk across to the mosque to observe his prayers.
The Public Relations Officer, Ondo State Police Command, Mr. Wole Ogodo, confirmed the abduction of the old man.
He however, said, “The police is winning the war against kidnappers as several of them have been arrested lately. The old man would be found and rescued by detectives.”
Source: Daily Post
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