Gunmen Kidnap Popular Ekiti Businessman

Unknown gunmen have abducted a popular petrol dealer in Ekiti State, Alhaji Suleiman Akinbami.

In a statement on Monday, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Sunday Abutu, said Akinbami was abducted on Sunday night within the premises of his filling station along Ado-Ijan Ekiti road.

Abutu noted that the businessman was kidnapped by a gang of four, who whisked him away in his Toyota Jeep to an unknown destination.

Abutu says the command has deployed a special team of policemen to be assisted by the Amotekun Corps and other local security outfits in search and rescue of the businessman.

He assured the family of the victim that the command will track and arrest the suspects and will also bring them to face the law.

The police spokesman assured that the security operatives will continue to do all in their power to keep citizens safe even miscreants continue to threaten the peace of the state.