Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on Sunday, 11 August abducted two Chinese nationals, identified as Chen Wenguang and Liang Ding, in the Kémta/Abule-Owu area along Onigbedu Road in Ogun State.
It was learnt that the foreigners who are affiliated with Good One Carton Company situated in the area left the company around 1:45 pm to visit their friends without any security operatives.
The Ogun State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Omolola Odutola, who confirmed the development on Monday, 12 August, 2024 to newsmen, said the kidnappers had contacted the company to demand a ransom for their release.
“The company’s security supervisor reported that one of the expatriates called to inform him that Wenguang and Ding had been kidnapped and that the kidnappers were demanding money in exchange for their release” Odutola said, adding that security operatives in the state have begun a manhunt to rescue the victims.
“Our operatives in the Ewekoro Division, with the assistance of local vigilantes, military personnel from the Social Orientation and Safety Corps, local hunters, and other security groups, thoroughly searched the entire Kémta Village forest for the duo but were unable to find them, ” Odutola said.
She added that efforts are ongoing to secure their release.
