Four truck drivers were abducted by gunmen from a farm on the outskirts of Ilorin, the capital of Kwara state.

According to police, the victims were abducted by gunmen wearing military uniforms at a location where they went to collect sand for their customers.

According to reports, the victims were members of the Oyun Garage branch of the Association of Quarry and Sand dealers in Ilorin.

Later, the kidnappers contacted their families and demanded N20m ransom for the four drivers.

SP Ajayi Okasanmi (spokesperson for the state police), confirmed the incident on Wednesday, January 18, and said that the Command was monitoring the situation.

Okasanmi said that the Police together with another security outfit including Vigilantes and local hunters have been dispatched to all the forests in the state.

"The kidnapping incident was true, four Tipper Lorry drivers were kidnapped. Police in collaboration with other security agencies, Vigilante men and hunters have been dispatched to scout all the forest in the state but we are yet to sight any of the drivers. Our search still continues in the bush and I know that we will succeed. We are going to rescue them," he said.

"My appeal to members of the public is that they should continue to give us information which will make us succeed in our assignment", the PPRO added.

However, he said that two suspects had been arrested and are now helping the Police with their investigation.

In the meantime, the wives of the drivers solicited alms from passersby and commuters to help them pay the ransom demanded by the kidnappers, N20m.

Aishat, one of the women, stated that they went to beg to pay the ransom demanded from the kidnappers.

She appealed to philanthropists to help their husbands escape the clutches of the kidnappers.

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