Abductors of two residents of Ora Igbomina, a community in Osun State along the boundary with Kwara State, have demanded N100 million to release the victims.

The victims, Tayese Adeyeye and Sunday Adewumi, were seized by gunmen suspected to be bandits during an attack on a private residence along Aran-Orin Road in the Papa area of the town on Sunday, February 1.

Residents said the attack occurred minutes before midnight, as the gunmen stormed the house and fired shots into the air to scare people before whisking their targets away into the bush.

Immediately after the incident, the Osun State Police Command said it launched a manhunt for the perpetrators of the crime.

He added, “They called us through the mobile line of one of the two men they abducted and placed a ransom of N100 million before us. We don’t have that kind of money. We are praying they will reduce the amount.”

When contacted for updates regarding efforts to rescue the victims and the ransom demand, Osun Police Command spokesperson, Abiodun Ojelabi, said the “search and rescue operations by the operatives are still ongoing.”

He, however, stated that the command was not informed of any ransom demand, adding that the Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Gothan, has made additional deployments to the community to rescue the victims.

Ora Igbomina has been under repeated attacks from suspected bandits who often penetrate the community through the Kwara boundary.

The latest abduction has heightened anxiety in the community, coming less than two months after a former Customs officer, Emmanuel Owolabi, was kidnapped in front of his residence in Ora.

The PUNCH reports that Owolabi was abducted by gunmen on December 15, 2025, and later released on January 12 in Oro Ago, Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State, after his family reportedly paid a ransom running into millions of naira. (The PUNCH)