At least four farmers have been abducted by kidnappers in Elegbeka community of Ondo State’s Ose Local Government Area.
According to DAILY POST, the farmers were ambushed and abducted by the gunmen on their way to Akoko area of the state.
It was gathered that the abductors had called the victims’ relatives and demanded N4 million ransom for each of them.
Following the kidnapping, local hunters and some herders were said to have exchanged gunfire near Idogun in the Irekari axis inside a forest on the Ondo/Kogi/Edo State borders.
The hunters were alleged to have been joined by their counterparts from the communities of Idoani, Ipesi, and Ifira.
The abduction of the three farmers, one man, and one woman, is coming a week after the killing of scores of parishioners at Saint Francis Catholic Church, Owo, the seat of Owo Local Government Area.
The Owo terror incident, according to a traditional ruler in the axis, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, has reignited calls for stakeholders to swiftly find answers to the challenge of insecurity in Yoruba land.
However, the state’s Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, SP Fumilayo Odunlami, said she had not yet received any information over the incident.