A medical doctor who prefers to be anonymous has narrated how he escaped being kidnapped by gunmen suspected to be police officers in Oke-Aga, a neighborhood in Ilesa.
The doctor, who disclosed that he works at the Wesley Guild Hospital, stated that the incident happened on Friday around 10 p.m. after he had attended to a patient in the emergency ward.
He told WITHIN NIGERIA that he was driving home before he saw a white 18-passenger bus speeding in his lane and had to swerve or maneuver to the other side of the road to avert a crash.
He claimed that he swerved to the other lane because he thought the bus driver was sleeping.
According to the doctor, the bus was facing every lane that he was maneuvering in until the bus abruptly halted in front of my own vehicle.
While expressing his shock, the young doctor told WITHIN NIGERIA that he saw four people who alighted from the bus and were armed with rifles.
“They ordered me to park my car, which I did. Two out of the four struggled to open the door of my car, but they could not because I had used the central lock. The moment they approached the car, I quickly reversed the car backward, drove fast through the other lane, and headed back to the hospital”, as the doctor narrated.
The doctor, who decried that he has been living in shock and fear, told WITHIN NIGERIA that he does not feel safe anymore because he never expected to be attacked or threatened by uniform men in the dark.
“This is not my first time driving around 10 p.m. Whenever I have an emergency at the hospital, I always leave home without fear because my residence is not far from the hospital. One of the four people who approached me wore a police jacket, and he was cocking his gun as I made an attempt to swerve to the other lane”, he further narrated.
When asked about measures he had taken after the incident, the young doctor disclosed that he had notified the Divisional Police Officers (DPOs) of Division D ‘Bolorunduro’ and Division B ‘Ijamo’, respectively, the PPRO of Osun State Police Command, Yemisi Opalola, and the officials of the Department of State Security.
“I contacted the two DPOs and narrated the incident to them. They told me that those officers were not from their divisions. I have never experienced such a thing in my entire life. I don’t know if they are kidnappers or police officers. I’ve been following the route for a while, and I’ve never experienced such a thing. It is scary,” he added.
While appreciating God for saving his life, the young doctor appealed to security agencies, particularly the police, to investigate the matter, unravel the officers involved, and sanction them to serve as a deterrent to others.
