Gunmen abducted a widow and an assistant chief nursing officer with the Babcock University Teaching Hospital, Ilisan Remo, Mrs. Elizabeth Uruakpa, on Thursday.
Uruakpa, 66, was reportedly coming from the evening church service when the gunmen who had laid ambush swooped on her at the entrance of her house behind the new Ilisan market.
The kidnap reportedly made the neighbourhood panic as many residents and shop owners quickly shut their doors to avoid being unaware.
According to a resident of the area who spoke on the condition of anonymity, “The woman was coming back from the church in the evening around 7 pm when the gunmen abducted her. I know her very well; she’s a senior nursing staff member with Babcock University Teaching Hospital and a member of the Winners’ Chapel.
“They dragged her down from her vehicle, put her in their red Toyota car, and sped away. It was really like thunder lightning, and such a thing had never happened before in our neighbourhood. It is so strange and scary.”
“They dragged her down from her vehicle, put her in their red Toyota car, and sped away. It was really like thunder lightning, and such a thing had never happened before in our neighbourhood. It is so strange and scary.”
The university’s Director of Communication and Marketing, Dr. Joshua Suleiman, confirmed the concerning development to our correspondent on Friday.
He said. “I heard about it last night. It is on one of the university’s platforms, but I don’t have a comprehensive report about it. Someone is already working on getting more information about this, and as soon as it is ready, I will get across to you.”
Efforts to get the comment of the spokesman, Ogun State Police Command, Omolola Odutola, were unsuccessful because calls to her cell number were inaccessible and messages sent to her lines were still to be responded to as of the time of filing this report.
