One person was murdered in Ogun State when gunmen kidnapped seven people on the Sagamu-Ijebu-Ode Expressway.
The attackers, numbering roughly seven and armed with AK-47 rifles, struck near the Ilisan, Ceplast industry, and Iperu junction axis of the motorway.
Although the incident occurred on Sunday, police verified the death of a passenger on Tuesday.
According to Omolola Odutola, Ondo State‘s Police Public Relations Officer, the crime was classified as armed robbery, murder, and kidnapping.
A viral audio from one of the victims of the tragic incident, who was a driver heading to Lagos, detailed how the hoodlums stopped their vehicles with sporadic shooting and later marched them into the bush.
“The incident happened around past five in the evening. They were armed to the teeth with AK-47 rifles, shooting sporadically. They even killed one person who was inside a Lexus car. They marched about seven of us into the bush and when I saw that they were speaking Hausa, I started speaking Hausa to them, begging them not to kill me, so they asked if I was a northerner but I said no, but I had once lived in Kebbi and Sokoto,” the victim said
“They kept taking us further inside the bush, later they asked if I had any money, so I gave them N103,000 and my phone. There was another driver from the East who said that the kidnappers had collected N120,000 from him just as we were abducted. They later set the two of us free, while the other five persons were still with them.”
