TRACE officer kidnapped on Lagos-Ibadan expressway
An officer of the Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Popoola Olasupo, was on Sunday abducted at Fidiwo axis on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.
It was gathered that Mr Olasupo was kidnapped at about 6:30 a.m. Sunday morning while going to his duty post.
The police and local vigilantes are on the trail of the kidnappers.
According to a witness, the kidnappers suddenly emerged from the bush and opened fire on a commercial bus with the intention of kidnapping.
Eventually, none of the passengers was kidnapped, but the TRACE officer was unlucky.
When contacted, the spokesperson for the police in Ogun, Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the incident to journalists in Abeokuta, saying that the state anti-kidnapping team is already after the kidnappers.
“Our anti-kidnapping squad are already after them, we are combing the forests, 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,” the police officer said.
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