Bandits abduct pastor’s son, destroy buildings in Ondo community

Suspected bandits person abducted a nine-year-old lad and vandalised 2 residential buildings during an onslaught connected Igbosi country of Idogun successful Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State.

The incidental reportedly occurred successful the aboriginal hours of Friday when the equipped men stormed the community, firing gunshots indiscriminately to make panic among residents earlier carrying retired the attack.

The abducted child, identified arsenic Oluwatobi, is the lad of a section cleric, Isaac Olaosebikan.

Sources wrong the assemblage said the attackers invaded the country astatine astir 1 a.m., causing residents to fly their homes for safety. Many reportedly escaped to neighbouring communities aft proceeding repeated gunshots.

According to residents, the assailants damaged 2 buildings during the cognition earlier abducting the lad and taking him to an chartless destination.

Confirming the incident, the spokesperson for the Ondo State Police Command, DSP Olayinka Ayanlade, said the bid had launched a manhunt for the kidnappers and intensified efforts to unafraid the victim’s release.

“The Ondo State Police Command has commenced an intensive manhunt for suspected kidnappers who abducted a nine-year-old lad during a convulsive onslaught connected residents of Ugbosi Quarters, Idogun, successful Ose Local Government Area of the state,” helium said.

Ayanlade explained that the incidental w...