Gunmen Kidnap Mother, 2 Children In Kwara

Armed bandits on Wednesday reportedly kidnapped a woman and her two children in Ahun village in Ifelodun local government area of Kwara State.

Sources said the kidnapped woman is the wife of the son to the driver of the traditional ruler of Oro-Ago, popularly referred to as Baba Segun.

The gunmen reportedly matched the victim’s mother-in-law, also known as Mama Segun.

According to eyewitness accounts, the armed bandits arrived the village at 9:pm, shooting sporadically to scare the people.

An Ilorin-based family member of Baba Segun commended the local vigilantes in the area for their bravery during the encounter.

He recalled: “my family in Ahun called around 9:pm yesterday (Wednesday) that our community was under the siege of bandits. The first question i asked was the welfare of my aged mum in the village.”

Another source recalled that “the assailants arrived the community at night when we least expected them, shooting and all of us were scampering.

“We thank God that our vigilantes stood their ground, if not for their bravery, the bandits would have wrecked more havoc.”