The wife and daughter of Oba Olusanjo Ojo, Baba-Aso of Igbole, a community in Igbo Ora, Ibarapa Central Local Government Area of Oyo State, have been abducted by unknown gunmen on Monday.

Olori Funbi and her daughter, a serving corp member, were returning from the Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology, Igboora, where the woman works as a matron when they were attacked.

WuzupNigeria reports that popular herbal medicine practitioner, Alhaji Yusuf Oko-Oloyun, was murdered recently in Igboora.

The people of Oyo north in Oyo State have been under the noose of the kidnappers with the recent abduction of Lukman Jimoh, along Iganna/Ijio Road in iwajowa; Wasiu Agbegende, aged 42, in Igangan; and Segun Olosunde, who was reportedly kidnapped at his petrol station in Igangan.

It was gathered that Olori Funbi and her daughter were kidnapped by suspected Fulani herdsmen around Keji Abra Farm, around 8:15 pm last night.

The driver of the bullet-ridden vehicle, a young man who is said to be a son of the monarch (name not given), was said to have escaped.

Vigilance groups have started combing bushes to rescue the victims.

A source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said,

“There was a case of kidnapping in Igboora yesterday (Monday) around 8:15pm which involved the wife of the Baba Aso of Igbole. The Olori also doubles as the matron of OYSCATECH health centre.”

The Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Olugbenga Fadeyi, said efforts had been intensified by men of the command to rescue the women from their abductors.

Fadeyi said,

“The police tactical team is working hard in collaboration with the local people to rescue the unknown assailants. We are yet to determine who the people are but we are sure that we would get the hoodlums arrested.”