The couple who were kidnapped while returning from a church vigil in Osun State, have escaped from the kidnappers’ den.
The suspected kidnappers abducted the couple on the Osogbo-Iragbiji road, in the early hours of Saturday, April 15, 2023.
Osun State Amotekun Commander, Gen. Bashir Adewinmbi, confirmed the development in a statement on Wednesday, April 19.
According to him, the wife was spotted by operatives of the corps, running out of the Kelebe forest area, along Iragbiji-Osogbo Road, at about 9.00 p.m. on Tuesday.
Adewinmbi said the woman was taken to the Amotekun Command where she revealed her name was Margret Jonah, the woman that was kidnapped with her husband on Saturday.
He said the woman stated that they lived in Iragbiji and were returning home from Osogbo, where they went for a church vigil, before they ran into the ambush of the kidnappers.
“She said their kidnappers fled when the police were closing in on them, giving her and her husband opportunity to escape, but in different directions,” he said.
Adewinmbi said they called the family of the woman to let them know that she had been rescued and that she had also been handed over to the Police Anti-Kidnapping Unit.
The commander added that the husband too was fine and with the police anti-Kidnapping unit, having been rescued from the forest.
