Gunmen have kidnapped a hotel owner, Mr. Dejo Ajuwon, on his farm at ‘Serafu’ village along Moniya-Iseyin road in Oyo State.
According to Vanguard, security sources on Thursday evening said the case was the second of such at Serafu village in the last month as a friend to a farm owner close to the village was also abducted in early December last year and the sum of two million naira ransom was paid before his release.
It was gathered that Ajuwon relocated to Iseyin, his hometown, after his retirement from active service to establish his farming and hospitality businesses for almost a decade.
Worried about the spate of kidnap incidents at ‘Serafu’ village and the farm settlements there, residents in Iseyin have challenged the police and other military authorities to comb the village and settlements around the area to get more intelligence reports about the operations and possibly make arrests.
As of the time of filing this report, there has been no communication from the kidnappers to know their demands.
The state police spokesman, SP Adewale Osifeso, could not be reached to comment on the incident as at the time of filling this report.
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