A journalist with the Ogun State Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists, Nofisat Oshin, and her 15-year-old daughter have been kidnapped by gunmen in Ijebu-Ode, Ijebu Ode Local Government Area of the state.
A statement signed by the acting chairman of the state NUJ, Soji Amosu, on Friday, stated that the victims were abducted at gun point at about 8pm on Thursday.
The abducted journalist is the Director of Information, Odogbolu Local Government Area of the state, and wife of a former Deputy Speaker of Ogun State House of Assembly, Tokunbo Oshin.
He was deputy speaker under the Otunba Gbenga Daniel’s administration.
The woman was allegedly abducted while she was heading home in her car with her daughter, Afolabi.
They were said to have accosted by the gunmen along Akobi Street in Ijebu-Ode.
Their whereabouts, as at the time of filing this report, remained unknown.
However, the NUJ has described the abduction as “barbaric” and called on security agencies and state government to help fish out the perpetrators.
Amosu said a formal report had been made to the police in the state by the family of the abducted victims.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, confirmed the abduction story and said the command had swung into action in a bid to rescue the victims.
He said, “The command has been informed of the abduction and we are already working on it, to ensure we rescue the victims from their captors.”
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