Tension in Ekiti as three more women kidnapped, Fayose petitions IG -----Ekiti industrialist released

Three unidentified women were kidnapped in Ekiti State on Friday afternoon by unknown gunmen.

The women were kidnapped with their husbands and unspecified number of children along Igbole-Igbosin road while travelling in a Toyota RAV 4 Sports Utility Vehicle to Ibadan, Oyo state, for a wedding.
It was gathered that their captors later dropped the men and the children while the women were driven away in the car after collecting the phones and other valuables from the victims.
The husbands and the children were said to be wailing profusely until some sympathisers came to their aid.
The State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Alberto Adeyemi, confirmed the report to our correspondent.
“The Divisional Police Officer in Ido called in today to give the report about the kidnapped women. We have already launched investigation into the case but I can’t speak about it,” he said.
The whereabouts of the women remained unknown while contact had not been established with the families as of press time.
No fewer than five people, including a former Chief Medical Director of Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Dr Patrick Adegun; his wife, Kikelomo; a senior nurse at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido Ekiti, Mrs Margaret Aladenika; and a lecturer of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, had been kidnapped in the last two weeks in the state.
Meanwhile, the Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has written the Inspector General of Police, Mr Solomon Arase, calling for his intervention to stem the spate of kidnappings that had hit the state in the last few weeks.
In a May 15 letter, signed by the governor, he requested the IG’s special intervention in removing the fear the people of the state were experiencing following numerous cases of abductions of innocent people.
According to a statement in Ado-Ekiti on Friday by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Idowu Adelusi, the governor promised the people that the situation would soon be put under control.
The letter read in part, “It is with great concern that I am appealing to you to help in our quest for a lasting solution to the spate of kidnappings and abductions in our dear state. The development has created fear in the minds of our people and no meaningful development can take place under such atmosphere.
“As a responsible government, we are taking all necessary steps to curtail and put an end to these dastardly acts, and we believe a special attention from your office on the matter to our state, would no doubt, lead to finding a quick solution to the problem.”

Kidnap: Ekiti industrialist released

An Ekiti-based industrialist, Moses Ajogri, who was one of the five persons kidnapped recently in Ekiti State has regained his freedom.
He was released to rejoin his family late Thursday night.
It could not be confirmed if a ransom was paid to secure his release.
Ajogri, who described his release as an act of God, however, declined comments on his experience.
He said, “I really don’t think the media should report anything about me. I just want to thank God for ensuring that I’m released. This is simply His act and I give him all the glory. This is all I want to say. If I can have my way, I don’t even want the media to say anything about me. I am just grateful to God.”
Victims who are still in the kidnappers den include a nurse with the Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido, Mrs. Margret Aladeneka; a lecturer at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile- Ife, Dr. Femi Omisore, and the wife of a former Chief Medical Director of the Ekiti State Teaching Hospital, Mrs. Kikelomo Adegun.