Police set to interrogate three over abducted farmer in Ekiti

By Tobi Adetunji.

The Ekiti state police command said it has invited three persons for interrogation in respect of an abducted Ekiti farmer.

This was revealed by the Ekiti state Commissioner of Police, Tunde Mobayo.

Mobayo, in a statement by the command’s Police Public Relations Officer, Sunday Abutu, stated, “The command will do everything possible to rescue the victim and apprehend those behind the abduction.”

In the statement titled, ‘Abduction: Victim shall be rescued, culprits must be brought to book – CP Ekiti vows’, the police urged residents to remain calm and give relevant information at their disposal to the law enforcement agency to accelerate the process of rescuing the victim and apprehending the abductors.

Nigerian NewsDirect reports that the Ekiti State Police command has commenced investigation and launched a manhunt for gunmen who kidnapped a farmer, Isaac Agbanigo, in Ikere Ekiti, the headquarters of Ikere Local government area.

“Agabnigo was said to have been abducted in the presence of his family members while returning home from his farm at Ajengbede, along Ikere-Ise road around 4pm on Saturday.”

“The victim’s wife told the police they were about entering their vehicle to return home after finishing their farm work when they were accosted by seven masked heavily armed men.”

The woman recounted that the kidnappers immediately ordered them to lie face down or risk being shot.

Mrs. Agbanigo  said: “After the suspects asked us series of questions, they escorted her and her children to the main road but took her husband away to an unknown destination.

“My husband’s family members have been in dispute over the same farm with a lot of threats before the incident happened hence, she suspects that the other side of the family must be behind the abduction of her husband, as the abductors were all speaking Ikere dialect,” the statement said.