Breaking: Tension as Gunmen Kidnap Ex-Tinubu's Minister's Sister in Ibadan, Video Trends
- President Bola Tinubu's former Minister of Power, Bayo Adelabu's sister, has been kidnapped along with her twin sons in Ibadan
- The sister of the APC governorship aspirant was kidnapped around the Challenge area of the Ibadan South West LGA
- The victim was kidnapped when she was taking her children to school, when they were confronted by the gunmen who shot in the air sporadically
There was tension in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Wednesday, June 3, when some unknown gunmen kidnapped the sister of the former minister of power under President Bola Tinubu and the governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), alongside her twin sister.
According to an eyewitness, the incident happened earlier in the day in the Challenge area of the Ibadan South West Local Government Area of Oyo.
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The Punch reported that Femi Awogboro, one of the media aides to the former minister, confirmed the incident in a statement on Wednesday. The unfortunate kidnapping of his younger sister, Olaide Busayo Adegoke John-Paul, alongside her twin sons, Peter and Paul, in the early hours of Wednesday," the statement reads in part.
The statement further explained that the 43-year-old was abducted at about 7:30 a.m when she was taking her children to school in Ibadan. The twin sons who were taken with her were 12 years old.
She was a former staff member of the Central Bank of Nigeria and First Bank Pension Custodian before her voluntary retirement. She relocated to Ibadan with her children after her retirement, while preparing to join her husband in the United States.
Her abduction came days after pupils and teachers were kidnapped in the Oriire LGA of the state, a development that Binzak Azeez, a legal practitioner, condemned and urged that the security agencies should engage private citizens only for intelligence gathering. He said:
"I strongly believe that private citizens could assist the law enforcement agencies with the gathering of intelligence to combat insecurity."
Nigerians react former minister's sister kidnapped
The incident has started generating reactions from Nigerians. Below are some of their comments:
Joy Ikpefua said the people in power should also feel the pain:
"Anise, it will start touching even the people in power who are part of this govt or not speaking out against this govt. Let them also feel what the average Nigerians have been going through."
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Abdulrosheed said it could be a set-up:
"E fit be a setup. The people ruling Nigeria can go to great lengths to stage anything and make it appear as though they were kidnapped and later rescued, only for Tinubu to be praised as a hero. On the other hand, it’s also possible that they were genuinely kidnapped. I just hope."
Lawal Olajide raised questions about the incident:
"The question is, who gave them the intel that they would pass that road at the time, who told them that they would leave the house that same day. How did the kidnappers know the exact place they would intercept the car? This is internal."
Hajji prayed for God's safety:
"God have mercy on us. God, please, be with them. What’s the solution to Nigeria’s security bayi? Olohun gba wa. When would we be ranked among the safest countries in the world?"
See the video of the scene on X here:
Saraki speaks on the Oyo kidnapping
Legit.ng earlier reported that former Senate President Bukola Saraki has decried the growing insecurity in Nigeria, particularly the recent attacks in Oyo State.
Saraki, a former governor of Kwara State, stated that within the space of five days, children and teachers were kidnapped, and one of them was murdered.
The former governor of Kwara State's statement has started generating reactions from Nigerians, who also decried the situation and prayed for the country.
Source: Legit.ng
