Ololade Adeyanju/
Unknown Gunmen have reportedly abducted Prof. Olayinka Adegbehingbe, an orthopedic surgeon at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital (OAUTH), Ile-Ife in Osun State.
The professor and his wife were reportedly attacked around Ikire on Ibadan-Ife Expressway about 9pm today.
NewsmakersNG learnt that the gunmen went away with the professor but left the wife.
Security sources told NewsmakersNG that the incident occurred between Asejire and Ikire town.
Adegbehingbe alongside his wife were reportedly travelling from Lagos to Ife when the armed men stopped their vehicle.
Eyewitnesses recounted that several vehicles ran into the ambush by the gunmen.
According to them, “several vehicles were stopped by some men armed with guns. Many people fled into the bush because we thought it was an armed robbery attack.
“Later, we were told a man had been abducted, while his companion was spared. Those that fled into the bush later returned after the men had left the road.”
This is coming on the heels of an attack on travellers on Ife-Ilesha highway by a truck-load of suspected Hausa-Fulani gunmen today.
Several people were reportedly injured in the attack, which occurred around Ikoyi town, also in Osun State, about 6.45pm.
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