A yet-to-be identified gunmen have reportedly abducted the Osun State Permanent Secretary Ministry of Finance, Adebimpe Ogunlumade; Director, State Audit, Tajudeen Badejoko, and the driver, Oladapo Ajani Arogundade.
A statement by Sunday Olayinka Owoeye, Head of Service, State of Osun, said that the state officials were kidnapped on Friday in Kogi State.
“Preliminary information available to us indicate that the gunmen accosted them between Obajana and Lokoja the Kogi State capital and forced them to stop before the three officials were violently whisked away.”
The officials were reportedly returning from Abuja where they attended the briefing on the State and Local Government Reforms Project; a World Bank and European Union Programme.
The statement further said that the government has alerted all necessary security agencies nationwide in general and Kogi State in particular towards safe release of the three abducted officials.
“We appeal to all Nigerians for information that could lead to their immediate release.”
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