Gunmen kidnap teen girl, demand N10m ransom in Ondo

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The Ondo State Police Command has confirmed the kidnapping of Adetutu Okinbaloye, 19, from her home in Imoru community, Ose Local Government Area, by gunmen.

SP Olufumilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, the command spokesman, confirmed the incident to reporters in Akure on Tuesday.

“The DPO confirmed that the monarch of the town called to inform him while at the collation centre on Saturday, that three people were attacked in their home by gunmen.

“While two of them escaped, the third person was whisked away,” he said.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that seven armed men broke into the victim’s home and took her away after injuring her aunt, Mrs Alaba Oga.

A source in the community said that the abductors had contacted the family and demanded for N10 million ransom.

The police and local security group, the Amotekun corps, are said to be on the trail of the kidnappers.