There was tension in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Wednesday, June 3, when some unknown gunmen kidnapped the sister of the former minister of power under President Bola Tinubu and the governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), alongside her twin sons.
According to an eyewitness, the incident happened earlier in the day in the Challenge area of the Ibadan South West Local Government Area of Oyo.
The Punch reported that Femi Awogboro, one of the media aides to the former minister, confirmed the incident in a statement on Wednesday.
The unfortunate kidnapping of his younger sister, Olaide Busayo Adegoke John-Paul, alongside her twin sons, Peter and Paul, in the early hours of Wednesday,” the statement reads in part.
The statement further explained that the 43-year-old was abducted at about 7:30 a.m when she was taking her children to school in Ibadan. The twin sons who were taken with her were 12 years old.
See the video of the scene of the incident here.
Read some comments below:
@kutman_26: “I think they will now know that nobody is safe. As a politician if you think you’re safe, what about your extended families.”
@DanielO66866742: “😂😂😂Ransom na water”
@lawalolajide52: “My question is, who gave them the intel that they will pass that road as at the time, Who told them that they would leave house that same day. How did the kidnappers know the exact place they will intersect the car. This shit is internal.”
@Fx_Picasso: “Until it happens to them, they’ll never learn.”
@mickolassurest: “What goes around, comes around. We can all now agree that no one is safe again in this country. Broad daylight for their street o. Which kind country be this”
@ask_chingy: “God be with them. Not a good situation. But rather than ransom can they request for about 100-200 transformers first.”
