The Osun state police confirmed the kidnap of a 32-year-old woman and her child in the Otaefun/Kobo’ngbogboe area of Osogbo on Tuesday.
Osun State Police spokesperson, Yemisi Opalola, said a report of the abduction was made to the police and the security agency was making efforts to rescue the victims.
The senior pastor of Union Baptist Church, Odi-Olowo, Osogbo, Sunday Adeoye, announced the kidnapping of the woman and her child in a statement on Wednesday.
The church spokesperson, Oluwamayowa Fagbohungbe, quoted Adeoye as saying the woman was kidnapped while returning from her shop.
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The woman and her family are members of the church, and she was said to be a teacher in the teenagers’ ministry.
The kidnappers have contacted the victim’s husband to demand a ransom of N5 million, which they instructed must be paid into the victim’s bank account.
