Unknown gunmen have kidnapped Princess
Mojisola Omosowon, the regent of Akungba Akoko
township in Ondo state, a palace source has told
Saharareporters.
The source, who claimed to be a palace errand
broke the news to Saharareporters correspondent
in Akure on Wednesday morning and said the
regent was kidnapped along Owo-Akure road.
The palace source further disclosed that Princess
Omosowon was abducted on her way to attend the
inaugural lecture of the Federal University of
Technology Akure (FUTA) in Akure, the Ondo state
capital.
“The regent was kidnapped on her way to FUTA in
Akure, where she was officially invited to attend
the inaugural lecture of the university. The gunmen
wore mask and ordered her to enter into a waiting
vehicle. They shot into the air to scare away
travelers on the road. The kidnap was well
coordinated”, the palace source told
Saharareporters.
Our correspondent learned that the lecture was to
be delivered by Vice-Chancellor of the Adekunle
Ajasin University (AAUA) Prof. Igbekele Ajibefun
who was already on his to Akure when in the
incident occurred.
A driver with the AAUA who was driving the vehicle
that took the regent when the kidnappers struck
was also abducted.
As at the time of filing this report some aggrieved
youths in the Akungba Akoko are staging violent
protests and making bonfires to express their
displeasure at the incident.
The community youths armed with sticks were
also reportedly attacking tertiary institution
students of the Adekunle Ajasin University,
Akungba Akoko accusing them of being the brain
behind the kidnap.
They have also blocked the major road leading to
the town chanting solidarity songs and hurling
curses on the students as policemen wre seen
rushing to the scene to quell the rioting.

So, kidnapping is the in-thing now.
Maybe the legislative should pass a bill for life imprisonment for kidnappers.