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Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herders have kidnapped a Methodist Presbyter in Osun State Very Rev Kayode Akande and two different church leaders.
The incident occurred on Sunday night alongside the Iwo-Osogbo Road.
It was gathered that Akande was taken away by the suspected herdsmen round 7pm.
”They had been returning to Osogbo from Ile Ogbo when suspected Fulani herdsmen kidnapped them. They went for a assembly in respect of Father’s Day and so they had been on their means again to Osogbo when the incident occurred,” a source mentioned.
” The criminals launched others and the 2 vehicles through which they had been touring and took away the three of them. The Commissioner of Police within the state, Mr. Fimihan Adeoye, was contacted and he acted promptly.
” In truth, policemen have been deployed within the highway instantly and so they have been combing the bushes and I simply pray they might get these individuals rapidly. We are all praying to God in order that these hoodlums wouldn't hurt these individuals.”
He additionally mentioned, “Some suspected armed Fulani herdsmen kidnapped three of our individuals this night. They had been coming from Ile Ogbo and so they had been kidnapped at a city known as Telemu
“I feel these persons are not real herders however criminals. I don’t suppose they're these herdsmen killing however they're armed robbers and that was why they didn’t kill them however took them away.
“They were eight coming together, the criminals took away three of them and released five of them. They are criminals. They have not got in touch with the families of the three persons. I just returned from the wife of one of the victims now and I was not told of anything like that.”