Kwara attacks: Monarch, Baale’s wife, others feared abducted

Suspected bandits have abducted a traditional ruler, Oba Moses Oyinloye Iwedunmoye I, the Kabiyesi Onigbesi of Igbesi land, in Kwara State. According to the Daily Post Nigeria, armed bandits invaded Igbesi community within Oke-Onigbin town on Saturday night at about 11 p.m.

The Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Adekimi Ojo, confirmed the abduction and stated that efforts are underway to rescue the monarch. The Coordinator of the Joint Security Watch, Kwara South, Comrade Zubair Olaitan, also confirmed the incident and disclosed that a search and rescue mission had been launched by a combined team of security personnel and local groups.

The police commissioner clarified that, contrary to some reports, no other person was kidnapped aside from the monarch. The exact whereabouts of the abducted monarch remained unclear.

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