Gunmen Kidnap Five in Ondo

Unknown gunmen have on Sunday abducted four timber merchants and a woman at the boundary town of Ikakumo Akoko, near Akoko Edo local government area of Edo state.

One of the victims is Samuel Obadofin, a native of Akunu in Akoko northeast council area of Ondo State.

A community leader from Akunu Akoko, Michael Bello, said the men who were sawmillers were kidnapped from the forest where their timber lorry broke down.

Reacting to the incident, the Police area commander for Ikare Akoko, Assistant commissioner of police Razak Rauf said the area of incident was not within the jurisdiction of Ondo state police command.