Unknown gunmen have kidnapped the wife of Hon. Hon. Olufowobi Oyenuga representing Ijebu East state constituency at the Ogun State House of Assembly (OGHA), Mrs Felicia Olufowobi Oyenuga, on Tuesday morning at Odoladalepo in Ijebu Ife after she had dropped her son off by their farm.
A source revealed that the driver who drove the kidnappers, identified as Ahmed Folorunso, was arrested along Ondo Road in Ijebu Ode following a fierce chase by a combined team of Vigilance group in Ijebu Ife and a Police patrol team.
But other members of the gang escaped, with their victim, Mrs Oyenuga, and had also contacted the lawmaker who is the Chairman, OGHA House Committee on Establishment, demanding N25m ransom before his wife would be released.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi confirmed the abduction and arrest of one of the suspects.
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