Osun NSCDC confirms kidnap of farmers in Osun

<p>The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Osun State Command has confirmed the kidnapping of six persons in Oyan town by unknown gunmen.</p>, <p>The spokesperson for the Command, Kehinde Adeleke disclosed that search and rescue operations were ongoing for those in captivity.</p>, <p>“Security agencies and local hunters in the community and its environs have been deployed for search and rescue missions,” he said.</p>, <p>DAILY POST gathered that the six victims were returning from a farm in Odo-Otin North local council development area when the incident occurred.</p>, <p>A source, who proffered anonymity, said the victims were returning to Oyan from Aworo village where their farmlands are located when the abductors attacked them at about 5:30 pm.</p>, <p>A chief in Oyan town, who was also abducted, however, escaped from his captors in the early hours of Tuesday, the source revealed.</p>, <p>He said, “This morning (Tuesday), hunters, police operatives, other security men and volunteers returned to the bush where the victims were abducted. The place is close to Kwara State.</p>, <p>“Around 2 am, one of the victims, a female chief in Oyan, escaped from the abductors but others are still there as of Tuesday evening.”</p>