An official of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, Popoola Olasupo, has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
It was learnt that Olasupo was kidnapped around 6.30 am on Sunday at the Eledumare-Fidiwo axis of the Expressway while on his way to his duty post alongside one other corps member.
According to the report, the gunmen who emerged from the bush, opened fire on a commercial bus in which the official was travelling and he was the only one abducted.
When contacted by the Punch, the Ogun State Police spokesperson, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the incident.
He disclosed that the anti-kidnapping squad are already in pursuit of the kidnappers, assuring that they would be apprehended.
He said, “We are combing the forest and we know that they will all be arrested.
“Ogun State is not a ground for criminals to settle. It is either they leave or we smoke them out of this state.”
