Six female footballers have been kidnapped by gunmen in Uronigbe, a border community between Edo and Delta States in Orhionmwon’s local government area of Edo State.
In the same community, a female student of the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, MAPOLY, Abeokuta, Happiness Odeh, was reportedly kidnapped and killed by her abductors.
It was recorded that the footballers were kidnapped around 6 pm on Friday while returning from a football competition at Owa-Alero in Ika North-East LGA of Delta State.
A source in the community said the kidnappers have contacted some families demanding a ransom of N5 million for each of the victims.
It was gathered and won the Miss MAPOLY beauty contest on August 3, 2022.
The ND2 student of Mass Communication was said to have been kidnapped on her way to Ipara, in Ode Remo on Tuesday evening.
She was said to have been raped by unknown persons before killing her.
A statement by the Students Union President, Sodiq Ajani, and the Public Relations Officer, Joy Okolie, confirmed the incident, adding that the deceased was kidnapped on her way to a movie location.
“It was so pathetic. The kidnappers killed her and went away with her phone. Her body was found inside the bush along Iperu road. The body has been deposited at the mortuary. We were at the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, yesterday, with the parents. May God rest her soul,” the statement read.
Efforts to reach Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, were unsuccessful as he did not answer calls on his phone.
