Some yet-to-be-identified gunmen have abducted a baker identified as Sikiru Adebisi in the Oke-Ado area of Ifewara, Osun State.
According to The PUNCH, the victim was kidnapped while supplying bread to his customer around 4am on Sunday.
Adebisi was said to be driving his Sienna van when he was attacked and whisked away by the kidnappers around Oke Ado Junction.
A resident of Ifewara town, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said, “Adebisi was abducted by some unknown persons around 4 am on Sunday. Initially, his family did not know he had been abducted, but they became apprehensive when he did not return on time as he used to after he must have supplied his customers.
“But they got to know when the perpetrators called them and demanded a ransom.
“His family reported the matter to the police on Sunday. The abductors initially demanded N5m but it has been reduced to N500,000. The family is yet to pay and the man is still with the abductors as of Tuesday afternoon.”
A spokesperson for the police, Yemisi Opalola, confirmed the incident, adding that a security team comprising police, hunters and vigilantes had commenced a search for the baker.
