Terrorists have reportedly kidnapped a chieftain of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), Comrade Bayo Fabiyi, alongside two other individuals in Oko-Irese, Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State.
According to Vanguard, Fabiyi was abducted alongside a driver and another associate while travelling to deliver ransom and other items meant for the release of a kidnapped victim.
Sources said the team was conveying about ₦30 million, five motorcycles and three bags of rice when they were ambushed by armed men in the area.
The ransom delivery was linked to efforts to secure the release of a victim who was earlier abducted in the same community.
A source familiar with the development said the abducted victim had allegedly been killed by the kidnappers before the ransom team arrived, a development unknown to those sent on the mission.
The abductors were said to have directed the team into a forested area along a route linking Kwara and Kogi states before they were reportedly seized at gunpoint.
Authorities are yet to issue an official statement in respect to the development.
