Crime
Gunmen kill police officer, kidnap Chinese expatriates in Pst. Adeboye’s hometown
A policeman attached to three Chinese expatriates has been killed by unidentified assailants on Monday. The gunmen kidnapped the 3 expatriates after killing the officer. The Chinese executives were working in a mining site in Ifewara area of Ife East local government of the state.
Ifewara is the hometown of RCCG Pastor E.A. Adeboye.
Sources in the community confirmed the incident in an interview with PREMIUM TIMES on Thursday.
“We heard sporadic gunshots on Monday and people were thrown into fear. Some of us traced the place and found out they they were kidnappers who came to perpetrate evil”, Ifedapo Ajayi, a resident, said.
Witnesses also revealed that the labourers at the mining site explained that their bosses were whisked away after the attack.
Also, security sources told our correspondent that efforts have begun to get the perpetrators of the incident and also to rescue the Chinese.
Speaking on the incident, the spokesperson of the Nigerian Security And Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Osun State, Daniel Adigun, said “truly the incident happened but I am not in the best position to brief the press.”
The Corps Commandant of the Osun State Security Network otherwise known as Operation Amotekun, Bashir Adewunmi, confirmed the incident.
“Some Chinese miners were kidnapped at Ifewara on Monday while their police escort died in the process but our men are currently in the bushes to ensure that they rescue the kidnapped victims,” Mr Adewunmi said.
