City Updates

Breaking: Gunmen Kidnap Oyo LG Boss

Ololade Adeyanju/

Gunmen have reportedly kidnapped the Chairman, Iganna Local Council Development Area of Oyo State, Mr Olayiwola Adeleke.

NewsmakersNG learnt that Adeleke was kidnapped together with his driver on Sunday night.

The council boss was said to be travelling along the Okeho-Ado Awaye road on his way to Ibadan for a meeting scheduled to hold with Governor Seyi Makinde when the gunmen abducted him.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Oyo State Command, Olugbenga Fadeyi, who confirmed the incident, said, “Information reaching me reveals that he was kidnapped along the Ado Aw aye- Iseyin Road.”

“Efforts are being intensified to get him released and arrest the culprits.”

0
Editor

Recent Posts

Arase Mourns Lagbaja in Letter to Defense Chief

Segun Atanda/ Former Inspector General of Police, Dr. Solomon E. Arase, CFR, has expressed deep…

4 hours ago

The Continuous Rise of Nigerian Voices on TED

Kola Kehinde/ The TED movement, launched in 1984, has transformed from a small gathering of…

4 hours ago

Boy, 15, Axes Mother to Death after She Confiscated His Tablet to Make Him Do His Homework

Editor/ A 15-year-old boy in Russia has reportedly been taken into custody after police say…

7 hours ago

Beaten and Humbled: Bolt Driver Apologises to Lawmaker who Assaulted Him over Simple Delivery

Pat Stevens/ Stephen Abuwatseya, a Bolt driver, has publicly apologised to a politician who allegedly…

8 hours ago

NNPC, SPDC Joint Venture Donates US$1 Million to Support Borno Flood Victims

Malik Yahya/ The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC JV)—operator of the NNPC…

12 hours ago

Federal Reserve Chair, Powell, Says He’ll Refuse to Step Down if Trump Asks

Femi Ashekun/ Federal Reserve Chair, Jerome Powell, has declared that he wouldn’t resign if President-elect…

23 hours ago