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Offa Descendants Union protests kidnap of four indigenes in Niger

BY TIMOTHY AGBOR, OSOGBO

Some gunmen have reportedly kidnapped a woman, Rasheedat Folashade and her two daughters in Beji town of Bosso Local Government Area of Niger State.

The kidnap victims are said to be indigenes of Offa, Kwara State, who reside in Niger.

Confirming the abduction, the leadership of Offa Descendants Union (ODU) urged the Niger State Government to ensure the safe release of the victims.

It was gathered that the gunmen arrived Beji town in the midnight of March 7 and started shooting in the air for over two hours without any reprisal from security agencies or vigilante members.

During the attack, the married woman, Rasheedat and her two daughters were abducted from their home behind General Hospital, a few kilometers from Beji town, and were taken to an unknown destination while a male tenant abducted along with them escaped by a whisker.

Condemning the incident, the National Social Secretary of ODU, Idowu Oladipo, in a statement, described the abduction as despicable and barbaric.

Oladipo urged the state government and security agencies to secure the safe release of the victims.

“The Offa Descendants’ Union, ODU, under the leadership of Alhaji Muideen Olaniyi Azeez-Salako, has described the kidnapping of an indigene of Offa, Mrs. Rasheedat Folashade and her two daughters by unknown gunmen in Beji town of Bosso Local Government Area of Niger State, as despicable and utterly barbaric.

“Rasheedat is the daughter of Mr. Murtala of Agboopa Compound who married the late Amuda from Ogbomosho.

“The ODU urges the Niger State Government, the Nigerian Police Force and other security agencies to dispense all efforts and resources to rescue those abducted.”

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