BREAKING: Protest In Ondo Over Abduction Of Nine Surveyors

There was a mass protest in Akure, Ondo State capital on Tuesday March 11, 2025, as residents hit the street over the abduction of nine surveyors at the site again.

The protesters disclosed that the surveyors were abducted by some gunmen while on site at Ilu-Abo on Tuesday last week.

They lamented that the nine surveyors were working on the site when armed men ambushed and took them to unknown location.

The protesters called on Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa, to take quick and decisive actions in checking activities of kidnappers, killer herdsmen who have penetrated the communities in the state.

The Special Adviser on Union Matters and Special Duties, Bola Taiwo while speaking on behalf of the governor, blamed the nine kidnapped surveyors for going to the site without security operatives.

He also accused them of collecting huge money from their client and failed to spend money on their security.

Taiwo alleged that the people were the perpetrators of the abduction of the nine surveyors.

He said “We shall speak with your leaders if they have reported the incident to the police”,

“If they have not reported to the police, they should go there that’s when the government would act.

“Nowadays, any surveyors going to the site should go with police escorts, if they do, no gunmen would abduct them.

No one can kidnap anyone without internal collaborators.

“You shall now go back to Ilu-Abo and cry out that those who abducted the surveyors should release them.

“No Hausa or Fulani man can come to Ilu-Abo and kidnap with the connivance of one of the natives.

“It is your people that kidnapped the nine surveyors. We will meet with your leaders and discuss with them.”

Meanwhile, when the Spokesperson to the state Police Command, Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya a Chief Superintendent of Police(CSP) was contacted on the phone, she was out of network reach.

However, it is said that, this is not the first time this ugly incident is happening in the community.

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