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Gunmen kidnap petrol dealer in Ekiti

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According to Punch Newspaper, Gunmen on Sunday night kidnapped a petroleum product dealer in Ado Ekiti, Alhaji Suleiman Akinbami.

The incident happened at the victim’s petrol filling station along Ado-Ijan Road in Ado Ekiti about 9 pm on Sunday.

The Police Public Relations Officer for Ekiti State Police Command, Sunday Abutu, who confirmed the incident, said, “The command has deployed a Special Team of Policemen to be assisted by the Amotekun Corp, the local hunters and the Vigilantes to comb the bush for possible tracking of the suspects and the release of the victim.”

Abutu in a press release on Sunday night, said, “At about 2105hours on Sunday, one Mrs Mariam Akinbami came to Odo-Ado Divisional Police Headquarters and reported that her husband, Alhaji Suleiman Akinbami was kidnapped at the premise of his Petrol Station along Ijan/Ado Road at about 2030hrs on the same date.

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“According to her, four unknown men quietly approached the husband, ordered him into his Toyota Jeep and whisked him away to an unknown destination.

“Upon receipt of the information, the Divisional Police Officer led his team to the scene, but the abductors had already gone.

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