The Ogun State Police Command rescued a pregnant woman (name withheld) who had been abducted in Ijebu-Igbo, Ijebu-North Local Government Area, Ogun State.
Omolola Odutola, the Public Relations Officer for the Ogun State Police, confirmed the development to Platinumtimes on Thursday.
According to Odutola, gunmen assaulted the couple in front of their home, stealing the pregnant wife and abandoning the husband.
According to Platinumtimes Metro, the event happened about 11:05 p.m. on Christmas Day.
The PPRO told Platinumtimes Metro in an exclusive interview, “The Divisional Police Officer in Ijebu-Igbo received a distress call about a suspected kidnapping incident.”
She said, “A team of policemen was dispatched to the scene, when they got to the scene, they saw the husband, but the wife had been kidnapped.”
According to Odutola, “while they were entering their house, six armed men from nowhere suddenly came out from the bush in front of their house and kidnapped the wife.”
She went on to say that the rescue squad included the DPO, his men, So-Safe Corps agents, Amotekun, and others.
“They searched through the bush for hours and were able to rescue the woman on Tuesday. The woman was taken to hospital for treatment,” she added.
Odutola told our correspondent that kidnappers were now trying to go into communities to operate.
“Going into communities to kidnap is the new trend now. We have taken over the highways in Ogun. You will see policemen on the road now. But the kidnappers have got into the inner villages to start disturbing. We will get them; we are going back to the drawing board. Criminals have no place in this state.
“So, we are calling on our traditional rulers and our community leaders in the state to establish an internal security to barricade the entry and exit points to their communities; and give security agents the necessary information to aid the security of lives and property. Villagers can easily identify strangers in their communities, they should help the police.
“The Ogun State Command under the Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alamutu, will not relent until criminals are flushed out of the state, wherever they are,” Odutola added.