Gunmen have kidnapped Richard Omosehin, a former Senior Special Assistant to Governor Rotimi Akeredo in Ondo State.
This was confirmed on Monday by the Ondo State Police Command.
The police command said the incident was being investigated, with search efforts for the victim already started.
Omosehin was abducted over the weekend at his home in Igbekebo, the headquarters of Ese Odo Local Government Area of the state.
According to a source, the gunmen, who were six in number, arrived in the neighbourhood on a speed boat before going to the victim’s private residence and took off with him in their boat.
The victim was permitted to call his wife from the kidnapper’s den, according to Oba Simon Dabo, the monarch of Igbekebo town, who confirmed the incident on a radio programme.
The monarch also disclosed that the kidnappers demanded N100m in exchange for the victim’s release.
“We have started an investigation and are already working to rescue the victim.”
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