The Ondo State Police Command has said efforts are on to rescue the 82-year-old woman, Alice Fadeni, who was abducted by unknown gunmen on Tuesday at Ode-Aye, Okitipupa Local Government Area.
The spokesman of the Command, CSP Femi Joseph, told the News Agency of Nigeria on telephone on Thursday that police were doing their best to unravel the mystery behind the abduction.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the gunmen had broken into the residence of the woman, the mother of a Lagos-based businessman, Sir Sehinde Fadeni, and took her to an unknown destination.
Joseph said: “Investigation is ongoing to unravel the mystery behind the abduction and we are working very hard to rescue the abducted old woman.
“I can assure you that the perpetrators of this heinous crime will be brought to book.”
Meanwhile, Abayomi Adesanya, the Chairman, Caretaker Committee of Okitipupa LGA, said “such act was callous and wicked”.
Adesanya urged the police and other security agents not to rest on their oars and ensure that the aged woman was released unhurt.
He said: “The kidnapping of an aged woman is callous and wicked.
“I condemn the act in strong terms and I urge the police and other security agents to swing into actions to ensure her release.”
In the same vein, Senator Nicholas Tofowomo, representing Ondo South Senatorial District, described the incident as evil.
Tofowomo urged the police and other security agents to, as a matter of urgency, go after the kidnappers and bring the perpetrators to book.
NAN.
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