Osun Speaker’s Wife Kidnapped, No Word yet from Kidnappers

Twenty four hours after the wife of the Speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly, Mrs. Muibat Salami, was kidnapped by unknown gunmen, her husband, Hon. Najeem Salami, is yet to be contacted.

It would be recalled that Muibat was on Tuesday evening kidnapped in the Bamagay Square area of Ejigbo, Osun state shortly after she had left her shop where she sells rice and other commodities.

When LEADERSHIP visited the private residence of the speaker in Ejigbo, yesterday, sympathisers gathered in the compound praying to God to touch the heart of the kidnappers to release their victim.

The Speaker, however, declined to comment on the incident until the riddle behind the kidnap incident are unfolded.

Also, the state commissioner of police, Mrs. Kalafite Adeyemi, yesterday, said that the command was investigating the kidnap case.

The Commissioner, who spoke with newsmen in Osogbo, said that investigation was on adding that the moment the police records any headway into the investigation; the public would be duly notified. ReadMore

What's with Kidnappings in Osun State?

i doubt if those ones will demand for a ransom. looks like political games to me

Muibat, wife of the Speaker, Osun State House of Assembly, Mr. Najeem Salaam, was, Saturday, rescued from her abductors along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, at Ogunmakin village in Obafemi-Owode local government area of Ogun  State by security operatives who acted on tip-off.

Vanguard gathered that two of the alleged kidnappers were shot dead while trying to escape with their victim while three of the kidnappers were reportedly arrested.

Muiba, who is the first wife of the Speaker, was kidnapped in Ejigbo town of Osun, last Tuesday, by a gang of kidnapper and allegedly took her to Ogun State.

Security sources said the rescue operation  turned violent when the suspected kidnappers engaged law enforcement agents in a shootout that lasted 30 minutes.

When contacted on phone at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Ikemmefuna Okoye, disclosed that he was on his way to the state police headquarters at Eleweran, Abeokuta where the suspected kidnappers were taken to.

The arrest of the kidnappers was said to have been facilitated by men of the state vigilance group.  Source

thank God

It was learnt that Mrs. Salaam was smuggled out of the state in a trailer and was rescued at Ogunmakin, a village off the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

A family source said: “A palm wine tapper on top of a palm tree noticed the kidnappers, who were between 28 and 40 years old, with a lone woman in the back cabin of the trailer. He alerted a vigilance group and they accosted the kidnappers. An argument ensued and resulted in a gun battle between the kidnappers and members of the vigilance group.

“Two of the kidnappers were killed. Three were apprehended, but the rest escaped. Alhaja was rescued unhurt. A towing vehicle operator in the village phoned a member of the Oyo State House of Assembly and notified him of the development.

“The lawmaker contacted Oyo State Assembly Speaker Monsurat Sunmonu, who contacted Najeem. Alhaja said her kidnappers offered her bread and Lacasera, but she refused to take anything all through.”

It was learnt that three traditional rulers – the Timi of Ede, Oba Munirudeen Lawal; the Olufon of Ifon, Oba Abdulmaroof Adekunle Magbagbeola and the Elerin of Erin-Osun, Oba Yusuf Omoloye Oyagbodun II – were with Salaam at his home in Osogbo around 2:30pm on Saturday, when his Oyo State counterpart phoned and informed him that his wife had been found.

A family source debunked reports that the kidnappers demanded N200 million ransom. Salaam thanked members of the Ogun State vigilance group and security agencies for rescuing his wife. Source

i think this goodluck presidential tenor is the worst so far in nigeria history, now kidnapping today, bomb tomorrow, subsidy whahala,, massacre. GOD help us ooooo

mehn!!! that Ogun state vigilante group badt gan!! you need to see the shot guns wey dey their hands. i served there and have had 2 major business with them.