Gunmen abduct father and son in Ondo

A student of the Nigerian Navy Secondary School in Imeri, Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State, Jethro Onose, and his father, Maliki, have been kidnapped close to the Edo/Ondo State boundary.

Social media influencer, Yemi Fasipe, who disclosed this on X said the father was taking his son, an SS1 student, back to school on Monday morning, after the holidays when the kidnappers struck and whisked him away to an unknown destination.

Confirming the incident to newsmen, the spokesperson of the Ondo State Police Command, Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, said the school authorities had reported to the police and that police officers and naval officers are currently working to rescue the victims.