Renowned Businesswoman Abducted in Front of Her Factory in Osun State
Mrs. Olayinka Obaleye, a renowned businesswoman and the Managing Director of Yinka Oba Foam in Ilo, State of Osun, has been abducted by suspected kidnappers.
Obaleye’s business premises were deserted on as the whole complex was under lock and key on November 20, 2013, Wednesday.
Mrs.
Obaleye was kidnapped on Tuesday night in front of the foam factory at
Ilo, Obokun Local Government Area of Osun. The assailants have
reportedly murdered her driver during the attack.
The
businesswoman and her workers had already finished the work for the
day, and they were about to leave the factory when the assailants
struck.
A
source, who spoke to the journalists on conditions of anonymity said
the suspected kidnappers were armed with guns. The abductors grabbed
Mrs. Obaleye and took her away to an unknown destination.
Mr.
Abubakar Saliu, a security man at the factory, who spoke to NAN, said
when Mrs. Obaleye wanted to
go home, another security man went to open
the gate for her.
The
security man further narrated that just as he went inside the factory
building to switch off the electrical appliances; he suddenly heard
gunshots and he rushed out to know what was amiss.
He
said that on getting out, he met a food vendor screaming “trouble,
trouble”, adding that he later found Obaleye’s driver, identified as
Alhaji Kamal, in the gutter soaked in his blood.
The other workers, including the factory’s manager, had fled.
The
Commissioner of Police in Osun, Mrs. Dorothy Gimba, confirmed the
incident through the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Folasade
Odoro.
She
said that detectives from the state police command had been deployed to
hunt down the abductors, with a view to securing the freedom of the
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