Pandemonium broke out recently in the Malete, Moro local council area of
Kwara State as suspected ritualists reportedly abducted no fewer than
13 persons.The incident which happened on Thursday affected a student of Kwara State University.
Narrating her experience, one of the abducted persons that later
regained her freedom, a 200 level student of the department of Mass
Communication, Dorcas Oluwatimilehin Olanrewaju, said she was abducted
in a taxi on her way to the campus in Malete.
She said: “While in the taxi I boarded, a woman in the vehicle
complained of feeling cold, so the glass windows were closed up. I lost
consciousness since. I later found myself among some people in the
night. We were about 13 in the place as at Thursday night but the
ritualists have taken six victims away.
“They told us that they are heading to Ekiti State. I was kept inside
the booth of the vehicle. When we got to Offa, they asked of my origin
and I told them that I am from Omu Aran. So, when they wanted to take
water for the faulty radiator of the vehicle at Omu Aran, I was dropped
and set free, unknown to them, in front of my father’s house,” she said.
Dorcas is the daughter of the chairman, Correspondents’ Chapel of the
Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Kwara State and State
Correspondent of The Sun newspaper, Layi Olanrewaju.
She reportedly left her off-campus residence to write an examination in
school but rather than take her to the campus, the driver of the campus
shuttle vehicle drove her to an unknown destination.
Feeling unsafe in the circumstances she found herself, she allegedly
sent a text message to one of her friends informing her that she had
been taken away by some unidentified persons suspected to be ritualists.
She was later dumped in Omu Aran, Irepodun local government area of the
state on Friday morning but she could not explain the whereabouts of the
other victims.
In his reaction, Director, University Relations, Dr. Isiaka Aliagan,
claimed that only a female student was reportedly abducted by unknown
persons. He said security has been beefed up on Malete route, around the
campus and environ to keep criminals at bay, adding that armed police
patrol has also been deployed to the route and regular checking of
vehicles intensified since yesterday.
Aliagan said: “The university learnt that she sent a distress call
through her mobile phone indicating that she could not identify the
location at which she had been drop. Immediately they were alerted,
officials of KWASU Safety unit swung into action by contacting the
security operatives and telecommunication agencies to track the phone.
“KWASU management would like to stress that all efforts were made to
secure the lives of its students staying on both campus and off-campus
hostels, while all commercial transport operators were duly registered
with the university to ensure proper monitoring of their activities.
“At the moment, the identity of the vehicle involved in the kidnap
incident or its driver is unknown. We believe the security operatives
are up to task and will work round the clock to track the perpetrator(s)
of the crime. Management will give maximum support and cooperation to
the police to track the kidnapper(s) and ensure justice,” said Aliagan.
He added that: “Management wishes to urge students to be security
conscious, to patronize only registered transport and to report strange
persons or movements around their hostels and campus.”
Reacting to the incident, the state police command’s spokesperson, Ajayi
Okasanmi, said that the command has commenced investigation on the
matter, adding that the report had been circulated to police formations
within and outside the state towards possible arrest of the culprits.
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