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An Ado-Ekiti couple and two other persons have been abducted by unknown gunmen at Ajebamidele area of the state Capital.
The incident had sparked off wild protests which disrupted free flow of traffic in and out of Ado-Ekiti from the Ikere axis.
The protesters disclosed that a couple, whose names were given as Mr and Mrs Falomo and a man said to be a pastor were among the kidnapped victims.
Mrs Falomo was said to have been trailed to her residence by the kidnappers who were said to be armed with AK-47 rifles. Her husband who came out on a rescue mission was also abducted.
According to the residents, the kidnappers fired several gunshots into the air during the attack to prevent any rescue of the victims with some residents just arriving at the fleeing in different directions.
The other two victims were said to have been kidnapped as the gunmen were making their way out of the community. Policemen from the Ologede Police Station along Ikere Road arrived the crime scene shortly after the kidnappers had left.
The protesting residents decried the level of insecurity in the land and called on both federal and state governments to urgently do something to save them from criminals.
Some of their placards read “Save Us From Kidnappers,” “We Are No Longer Safe, Government Come To Our Rescue,” “Ajebamidele On Fire, Kidnappers Have Taken Over,” “No Movement On The Road Until Government Stops Kidnapping,” “Citizens Are No Longer Safe, What Is Happening,” “Security Is A Dividend of Democracy, Give It To Us,” “Ajebamidele Must Be Free From Kidnappers and Robbers,” among others.
The Chairman of Goshen Landlords Association, Mr Samuel Fasua, said the protest was staged to draw the attention of government to the incident for the authorities to do something urgent to save the beleaguered residents.
Fasua said: “I was called suddenly when an okada rider who witnessed the incident raised an alarm that armed kidnappers were already in the neighborhood. That was why we called the Police to rescue us.
“According to the information we gathered, the kidnappers were many in number and they were masked. Nobody could come out to rescue the victims because of the heavy gunfire that rocked our neighbourhood during the incident.
“Guns boomed as if the place was a war zone and that was why we had to call the Police because we believe they could confront those criminals. The matter had already been reported to the police station.”
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