Odutola said the police are actively working to secure the victims' release. The kidnappers have already contacted the victims' company, demanding a ransom for their freedom.
The Ogun State Police Command has confirmed that gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted two Chinese nationals in the state.
The Public Relations Officer of the Command, Omolola Odutola, who confirmed the incident on Monday in Abeokuta, the state capital, said that the Chinese nationals were abducted near Kemta, along Onigbedu in the Ewekoro local government area of the State.
Odutola said the police are actively working to secure the victims' release. The kidnappers have already contacted the victims' company, demanding a ransom for their freedom.
The police spokesperson said, “The company’s security supervisor was informed by one of the expatriates that Wenguang and Ding had been kidnapped and that a ransom was being demanded,” she explained.
“Our operatives in the Ewekoro Division, assisted by local vigilantes, military personnel from the Social Orientation and Safety Corps, local hunters, and other security groups, conducted a thorough search of the Kémta Village forest but did not locate the victims.”
She assured that efforts to secure the release of the abducted individuals are ongoing.