Suspected gunmen, on Monday, have reportedly kidnapped a yet-to-be-identified man at Molete area of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, whisking him away in his Lexus Jeep.
Freelanews gathered that the gunmen, who were dressed in black, stopped the car on the Molete fly-over bridge in Ibadan with sporadic gunshots which forced residents of the area to scamper for safety.
Our reporter learnt that one of the two people inside the car managed to escape by jumping off the Malete flyover bridge while the car owner was whisked away to unknown an destination by the gunmen.
Narrating his experience, the escaped passenger who pleaded to be anonymous, stated that they were finally stopped by the gunmen at Molete after being tailed for a while.
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He said, “We were trailed and stopped here on the bridge, they fired gunshots, and because of the fear of being shot, I ran for safety by jumping off the bridge.
“They snatched car keys and fled with the car and the owner.”
The young man added that the car owner had just bought the car after he won a sporting bet recently.
Quadri Olaitan is a journalist and contributor to Freelanews.com, covering news, public affairs, and human-interest stories.
