Early on Monday, unidentified gunmen abducted a businessman named Kola Sikiru Bosere and his assistant, Philemon, in Jebba community, Moro local government area of Kwara state.
The assailants forcibly entered Sikiru’s residence in the Labour Camp area of Jebba while he was preparing to sleep around midnight. They took Sikiru and Philemon, but Philemon was later released. Sikiru’s whereabouts are currently unknown.
Philemon is now hospitalized at a private health facility in Jebba. The Kwara state police command, through its Public Relations Officer, SP Okasanmi Ajayi, has confirmed the incident and initiated a search and rescue operation to locate Sikiru and apprehend the kidnappers.