Gunmen kidnap three Chinese at Osun mining site – TheNigerialawyer

Three Chinese expatriates on Monday afternoon were abducted by
gun men at a mining site in Ijoka village near Itagunmodi in
Atakumosa West Area of Osun State.

It was gathered that the gunmen stormed the site and started
exchanging gun shots with the police team providing security for
the Chinese and reportedly killed one police orderly before they
could carry out the kidnap.

The rifle of the police orderly was said to have been carted
away by the bandits

It was gathered that an expatriate, who attempted to escape on
sighting the hoodlums, was shot and injured.

The victim was said to be receiving medical treatment at the
Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife, where he was
referred after first attended to at thr Wesley Guild Hospital,
Ilesa.

Meanwhile, the Osun State Police Commissioner, Mrs. Abiodun Ige,
had led police team to the scene of the abduction.

Mrs. Ige confirmed the killing of the police orderly to newsmen,
saying her men are combing the bush where the incident happened to
apprehend the bandits.

On May 2018, the traditional ruler of the gold-rich Itagumodi,
the Alagunmodi, Oba Michael Ojo Famadewa, was kidnapped by had to
pay N1.7 million ransom before he regained his freedom.

According to the monarch, he was humiliated and horsewhipped by
his abductors.