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Suspected Fulani Bandits Abduct 3 on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

Ololade Adeyanju/

Gunmen numbering about 15 have abducted three persons on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

The incident reportedly occurred at Ajebo, near the Foursquare Gospel Church camp, at about 7pm yesterday.

NewsmakersNG learnt that one of the victims is the son of the Chief Medical Director of the Lafia Hospital, Apata, Ibadan, Dr. Oladipupo Sule, while the other two are staff of the hospital.

The victims were on their way back from Lagos, where they had gone to buy drugs and other hospital consumables when they were ambushed and kidnapped.

The CMD’s son was identified as Kayode, while the two members of staff were identified as Opeyemi Abifarin and Dele Adigun.

The Toyota Sienna in which the victims were travelling was reportedly abandoned along with the driver.

The driver reportedly told the police that one of the kidnappers spoke English, while the others spoke Hausa.

It was gathered that the vehicle had been recovered by the policemen at the Ogunmakin Police Station in Ogun State.

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