Newlywed couple abducted along Kwara/Kogi border axis
Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin
A newlywed couple, identified as Funmilayo Bamidele and her husband, Reverend Abiodun David, has been kidnapped along the border areas of Eruku-Iyemero Road in between Kogi and Kwara states.
It was gathered that the couple were returning from their engagement ceremony in Eruku when they were abducted alongside four others Saturday evening.
According to sources, the vehicle was expected to take the Isanlu Road, but the driver chose a back road in order to drop off the Best Man and other members of the group in Iyamoye, Kogi state.
The incident occurred along the Iyemero-Eruku Road, where the couple and others were intercepted by armed bandits
A photograph of the newly kidnapped couple has emerged following the incident.
Further details about the incident, including the whereabouts of the other passengers and efforts to secure their release, are still being awaited.
The Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Adekimi Ojo, who confirmed the story said that soldiers are already in the bush combing it to fish out perpetrators and free the couple.
The Commissioner of Police, who said that the vehicle in which the couple were travelling was parked at an abandoned police station in Ayetoro, Ekiti State, added that police operatives in the affected three states are jointly carrying out rescue operation since the crime was committed along border communities in the three states.
