The Ogun State Police Command has disclosed that it is on the trail of abductors of the Chairman of the Lagos chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr. Philip Aivoji, who was kidnapped on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.
The State Police Commissioner, Mr Abiodun Alamutu, stated this while speaking with newsmen in Abeokuta.
OSUN DEFENDER recalls that Aivoji was kidnapped by yet-to-be-identified persons on Thursday evening.
He was abducted at Ogere axis of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, alongside nine other party members who were with him.
They were said to be returning from the party’s Stakeholders’ Zonal Caucus Meeting held in Ibadan when they were abducted.
The CP assured that the police would catch up with the abductors of the party chieftain.
According to him, the police had engaged the gunmen in a gun duel which forced the abductors to release nine of the abducted while the PDP Chairman was taken away.
“It is true, they were kidnapped on Thursday evening at Ogere on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.
“Our men engaged them and in the process, nine of the victims were released but the PDP chairman was taken away,” he said.
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