Three farm managers have reportedly been abducted by six heavily-armed suspected kidnappers at their commercial poultry farms at Pampo community, Asa Local Government Area of Kwara State.
It was gathered that the incident happened at about 4:00 pm on Monday in the farming community located on Eyenkorin Afon Ogele road in the local government area.
It was gathered that the suspected kidnappers, dressed in army uniform, shot into the air when they arrived in Hilux vehicle at one of the two farms they operated.
The suspected kidnappers reportedly got hold of the chief security officer on the farm and locked him inside one room, before they took away the two workers in the first poultry farm.
A source who requested anonymity but close to the owner of the second farm, Mirola Farm, said that the bandits also abducted his farm manager when they visited his farm on their way out of the community.
According to him, the suspected kidnappers had contacted the farm owners. He said they demanded the sum of N45 million for the three people abducted, which he said is N15 million ransom for each person.
He said the people kidnapped are two males and a female, adding that the bandits spoke like Fulani, “in the way they spoke in the Yoruba language when we talked on the phone.
“On Monday at about 4:30 pm six suspected kidnappers in army uniform heavily armed with AK 47 rifles, abducted three farm managers in our farms. They took two farm managers and on their way out of the first farm, they branched to my farm to take my own farm manager too, making three people kidnapped. Two males and one female”.
The source said that the matter had been reported to the police. He said the Police Intelligence had even discovered that the suspected kidnappers are still around a location in the Lasoju community, in the local government area of the state.
“We have been contacted by them. They demanded N15 million each for the kidnapped people, making a sum of N45 million. We begged them to take N1 million for the three people, explaining that we’re poor farmers. They said we should go and get good money before the release of our people”.
When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the state Police Command, Ajayi Okasanmi, said he is yet to get the information about the incident.
