Gunmen, on Thursday night, abducted the wife of a Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) pastor in Elerinjare community, Ifelodun local government area of Kwara State.
The victim, identified as Mrs Blessing Ajiboye, was abducted alongside two of her maids while attending to customers in her shop.
LEADERSHIP gathered that the incident occurred at about 8:45pm at the trading shop being operated by both the pastor and his wife.
It was further gathered that the two maids later regained freedom from their abductors.
The husband of the victim, Pastor Johnson Ajiboye, said that the gunmen, who included two women, attacked the ever-busy shop from a nearby bush beside the community primary school located in the area.
Ajiboye added that he stepped out of the shop to pick an item from their residence situated nearby when he heard the gunshots.
He said that shouts from his wife made him to call out from the balcony of the house, only for the hoodlums to shoot at windows and doors of his house, making it difficult for him to come out to do anything to help.
“The gunmen did not touch or cart away any money. They only grabbed my 34-year-old wife, Blessing Ajiboye, after removing the baby tied to her back. They dropped the baby on the ground,” he said.
It was also gathered that one neighbour said to be sitting near the shop was hit by stray bullet and was said to be currently receiving treatment at a private hospital.
The Olu of Elerinjare, Oba Tajudeen Olaitan, was said to have held meeting with leaders of Fulani living in the community, while members of the local vigilante were already on ground to complement effort of the men of the anti-kidnapping squad of the state Police Command to comb the area for possible arrest of the suspected kidnappers.
When contacted, the spokesman of the Kwara State Police Command, Okasanmi Ajayi, said that he was yet to get details of the incident.
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