The Oba of Idofin and his wife have been abducted by gunmen in Yagba East Local Government Area of Kogi.
The traditional ruler, Shedrack Durojaye Obibeni, and wife were reportedly kidnapped along Makutu-Idofin road at about 5 p.m.
Yagba East Local Government Council Chairman, Mr Abdulrasak Asiru, who revealed this, described it as “very shocking” and “sad”.
Asiru said there has never been a kidnap in the area for almost two years.
“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.
Asiru said all the traditional rulers and community leaders in Okun land had been alerted to be vigilant and conduct thorough search for the rescue of the couple.
Asiru said: “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.”
However, the Kogi Police Command’s Public Relation Officer, SP Williams Ovye-Aya, said the DPO of the affected area was yet to inform him of the incident, and promised to provide update as soon he got details.
