Kidnapped woman causes stir in Ife North

There was a stir yes­terday in Ipetu­modu, headquar­ters of Ife North Local Government Area of Osun State, as a mid­dle aged woman simply identified as ‘Iya Imole’, who was alleged to have been kidnapped few days ago was found at the bor­der of the town.

The entrance of the wom­an into the town precipitated confusion as some residents ran helter-skelter when the woman was found lying on the ground.

Findings revealed that ‘Iya Imole’, who was al­legedly kidnapped on Mon­day, walked into the town from the Ile-Ife express road.

Daily Sun was informed that some people in the town had been arrested in connec­tion with the incident.

A resident, Mr. Elegbede, who volunteered informa­tion to our correspondent explained that the commu­nity had made serious ef­forts to locate the woman before she was eventually found in the early hours of yesterday.

According to him, the woman, who was a vol­unteer in the Osun Youths Empowerment Scheme (OYES), was trekking along the Ile-Ife/Ipetumodu road before she was eventu­ally found by passersby.

He added that the woman was later taken to the palace of the Apetumodu of Ipetu­modu, Oba James Adegoke, for the community to take necessary actions on her plight.

When Daily Sun visited the palace of the monarch, a large crowd had gathered to know the circumstances behind ‘Iya Imole’s’ ordeal.

However, the victim, who had been taken to a hospital in Ipetumodu for medical treatment on the directive of Oba Adegoke, was said to have lost con­sciousness as she could not identify anybody, including her husband and child.

Efforts to speak with Oba Adegoke failed and the Divisional Police Of­ficer (DPO) in the area in­sisted that he had not taken permission to comment on the incident from the state police command.

The Police Public Re­lations Officer (PPRO) in the state, Mrs Folas­hade Odoro, could not be reached as at the time of fil­ing this report.

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