- They were on their way to their base at Odo-Owa after the marriage ceremony held at Ope town in neighbouring Kogi State when the incident happened.
Gunmen have abducted five wedding guests in the Ekiti local government area of Kwara State.
The victims were abducted at about 4pm on Saturday at Obbo-Ayegunle while returning home from the wedding.
They were on their way to their base at Odo-Owa after the marriage ceremony held at Ope town in neighbouring Kogi State when the incident happened.
The victims include Oloye Oyewole Abolarin, the head of hunters in Odo-Owa, and his wife, Funmilayo Abolarin, Tunde Oladipo and his wife, and one other person identified as Bose, all of Agbele Igbede compound in Odo-Owa community.
The abductors have reportedly contacted the families of the victims demanding a N100m ransom for their release.
According to reports, family members and the community have started contributions towards meeting the demand of the kidnappers.
They have also appealed to Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq and security agencies to come to the rescue of the family.
Meanwhile, another unconfirmed report indicated that another kidnap incident occurred on Monday along Omu-Aran highway.
Efforts to reach the spokesperson of the state police command headquarters, in Ilorin, DSP Ejire Adeyemi Toun, on Tuesday, were not successful as phone calls and a text message sent to her were not responded till the time of filing this report.
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