The Regent of Akungba-Akoko community in Akoko South-West Local Government Area of Ondo State, Princess Oluwatoyin Omosowon, and three of her aides were kidnapped along the Owo-Oba Akoko Expressway on Tuesday evening.
It was gathered that the hoodlums carried out the operation at about 3.30pm while the Regent and her aides were going to the Federal University Technology, Akure, to attend the 65th Inaugural Lecture delivered by the Vice Chancellor of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Prof. Igbekele Ajibefun.
According to the source, the official car, which belonged to the AAUA, conveying Omosowon, was stopped at gunpoint by the kidnappers and abducted the occupants.
The car was later found by security men, abandoned on the road with its four doors opened with the ignition key.
Sources also disclosed that men of the Nigerian Army and the state police command later found two of the victims in a bush around the place where the vehicle was abandoned but could not locate the Regent and one other victim.
Expressing their displeasure with the development, residents of the town trooped to the streets on Wednesday, protesting against the abduction of their traditional ruler.
As a result of the peaceful demonstration, both social and economic activities in the town were paralysed as shops and markets were shut for several hours.
Addressing the protesters, the Caretaker Chairman of Akoko South-West LGA , Mr Wale Suru, urged them to be calm, saying an emergency security meeting would be held to assess the situation and the report would be forwarded to the appropriate authorities for immediate action on the release of the Regent and others.
The State Police Commissioner, Mr Isaac Eke, confirmed that two of the kidnapped persons had regained their freedom, adding that his men had been deployed in the area to secure the release of the Regent.
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