Wednesday 12 December 2012

Rtd, General Oluwole Rotimi's wife has been kidnapped

The wife of retired General, Oluwole Rotimi, has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen in Ibadan, capital of Oyo state in Western Nigeria. Coming a day after the kidnap of Professor Kamene Okonjo, the mother of Nigeria’s finance minister, underscores the great insecurity in Nigeria.

She was said to have been abducted by four armed men while she was leaving her office at the close of work.
The News Agency of Nigeria said case, which was reported at Egbeda Police Station, had been transferred to the state Criminal Investigation Department, Iyaganku, Ibadan.
The spokesman of the Oyo State Police Command, DSP Ayodele Lanade, who confirmed the incident, said the victim was driving away in her black Mercedes Benz car when she was blocked.
“According to my source, two security men attached to her company removed the barricade on the gate for her car to drive out of the office complex.
“In the process, two armed men approached and ordered the driver to stop the car at gun point.

 A green Nissan Primera suddenly reversed and blocked her car while she was ordered to get into the Nissan car.
“ The manner of abduction was strange when compared to similar cases of kidnapping.
“We found out that there is a rift between the woman and her workers over three months salary which led to agitation by the aggrieved workers,’

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