IBADAN- Titilayo, wife of former
governor of Western State,
Brigadier General Oluwole Rotimi,
(rtd), was Monday abducted by
some unknown gunmen. Brigadier
Oluwole Rotimi was made Nigerian Ambassador to the
United States in 2007. According to information
gathered, the kidnappers
numbering four abducted her on
Monday evening when she was
about entering her company, AOK
Logistics Ltd. It was further gathered that the wife of the
ex-miltary leader was whisked
away in a green Nissan Primera
car. Confirming the incident, the Oyo
State Acting Police Public
Relations Officer, Mr. Ayodele
Lanade said” Titilayo was
kidnapped on Monday at about
6.30pm and I can tell you that our men are currently on the trail of
the criminals.” The incident which happened
within the jurisdiction of Egbeda
Police Station was transferred
to the state Criminal
Investigation Department at
Iyaganku, Ibadan. According to a source, the police
may be working on a possible
labour dispute lead going by the
way the woman was kidnapped
within the premises of her
company. Her driver was said to be helpless as her boss was
taken away from him. The PPRO said, “the incident was
different from other cases of
kidnapping in some parts of the
country because in this case, we
found out that there was a rift
between the woman and her workers because of wages and
there was a kind of agitation
from the aggrieved workers. The workers were said to have
earlier demanded for their
unpaid three months salary
which according to him, led to
the retrenchment of some of
them. “So, it seems there is a foul play in
this case. It is not in anyway
related to other kidnapping
cases,” he said. Christopher Oluwole Rotimi was
a Nigerian Army officer, diplomat
and politician. A distinguished
officer, he eventually rose to the
rank of Brigadier General. He served during the Biafran War
and was the Governor of
Western State while Nigeria was
under military rule from 1971 –
1975. Oluwole Rotimi then became the
Nigerian Ambassador to the
United States in 2007
He was born February 20, 1935 in
Abeokuta, Nigeria to a Yoruba
family. He attended Agooko Methodist School, Lisabi School,
Olowogbowo Methodist School
as well as Kings College Lagos.
After which he earned a Bachelor
of Arts Degree at the University
College Ibadan. Oluwole Joined the Nigerian Army
in 1960 and served as part of the
United Nations Peacekeeping
Force in the Democratic Republic
of the Congo. He rose to become
the first African Deputy Quartermaster General and the
third non-white Quartermaster
General of the Nigerian Army in
1966. During the Biafran War
Oluwole Rotimi provided logistics
support for the Federal Government’s war efforts. He
became the commander of the
Ibadan Garrison between 1969
and 1970. In 1975, Oluwole Rotimi was
removed from office as governor
of Western Nigeria after the
1975 coup d’état. The following administration led
by General Murtala Mohammed,
commissioned a panel to
investigate corruption amongst
the governors of past
administration. Oluwole Rotimi, together with Brigadier Mobolaji
Johnson, (Lagos State Governor)
were the only governors
exonerated under Obasanjo’s
military regime. In 1999 Gen. Oluwole Rotimi was
appointed by civilian President
Olusegun Obasanjo as the Head
of a Commission of Inquiry for
the Investigation of Federal
Government Landed Property. Oluwole Rotimi was honoured
with a National Award of
Commander of the Order of the
Niger (CON) in 2003. In 2005, he was appointed a
member of the National
Constitutional Review
Conference representing his
home state-Ogun State. He later
became the Ambassador to the United States of America in March
2008. He was however sacked
from the post in March 2009 by
late President, Umaru Yar’Adua
after allegations of
insubordination.
www.vanguardngr.com/2012/12/gen-rotimis-wife-titilayo-kidnapped-in-ibadan/

So much kidnapping story happening. Very sad! Hope they don't harm her

Vikin: So much kidnapping story happening. Very sad! Hope they don't harm her

Kidnappers,
Please Kidnap Awolowo Wife. H.I,D Awolowo.

First it was Niger Delta, South East and now these demons have crept into the relatively safe south west.

bushwailo: First it was Niger Delta, South East and now these demons have crept into the relatively safe south west.

You are dead wrong,
Yorubas started kidnapping

They kidnapped the wife, and the report is brimming with the man's biography? Wetin we wan use am do? I hope they give the boys some money for Xmas, the economy is hard.

kidnapping is gradually becoming a booming trade in Nigeria, very soon it will be our biggest export to the rest of the world

xmas is kidnap season, please every body take extra precautions for yourselves and family.

The problem with this country is
that oir leaders cant even read the
handwriting on the wall, a situation
where they steal the monies meant
for the poor nigerians and expect to
live with the same porr pple and be secured, its not possible, untill they
improve on the standard of living of
an average nigerian, they are not
safe in Nigeria.

This Igbo demons have struck again !