Former Chief Press Secretary to former Governor Bola Ahmed Tinubu and incumbent Chairman of Ejigbo Local Council Development Area, LCDA, Kehinde Oladapo Bamigbetan was yesterday night abducted by  unknown gunmen at Ejigbo in Lagos.

As at the time of this report, the  suspected kidnappers had not made contact with members of his family.

He was said to have  been abducted by four gunmen on his way home at about 11:00pm , as he was about  enteringOna Iwa MimoStreet, Ori Okebefore Egbe Bridge at Ejigbo, where his house is located.

He was with his driver, Biodun Olayiwola, in his black Ford Everest Jeep with special registration number KOK, without  any police orderly, as the chairman was never known to use police escorts since assumption of office.

The gunmen were said to have released several gun shots into the air to scare away residents before catching up with Bamigbetan and his driver whose four-wheel drive got stuck  in  the mud  in a bid to escape from the assailants.

Bamigbetan, was later whisked  away by the gunmen.

Vanguard gathered that the matter had since been reported at the Ejigbo Divisional Police station.

In his own account, Bamigbetan’s driver, Olayiwola, who escaped with minor bruises told Vanguard that  he and his boss were attacked by three armed men while another member of the gang was waiting in the assailants car in an attack that barely lasted three minutes.

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Abductors of Bamigbetan, Ejigbo LCDA boss demand $1m ransom

The abductors of former Chief Press Secretary to immediate past Governor of Lagos State Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu and incumbent Chairman of Ejigbo Local Council Development Area, LCDA, Kehinde Oladapo Kolade Bamigbetan have demanded $1 million as ransom.

The abductors who got in tuch with the wife made the demand of the sum of$1million ransom if he should be released alive.

Bamigbetan was said to have been kidnapped by four gunmen on his way home from an event, after the close of work, as he was about entering his street, Ona Iwa Mimo Street in Ori Oke before Egbe Bridge in Ejigbo on Monday night at about 11Pm.

According to the Secretary to the Local Government, SLG, Mr Remi Gbadegesin, the abductors made a call to the wife from Bamigbetan’s phone and demanded for the sum of $1million as ransom before he could be released alive.

It was gathered that the abductors warned her (wife) not to involve the police or play pranks as well as blow the issue out of proportion, and warned that any attempt to flout their directive could be grievous

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Kehinde Bamigbetan is one of the few performing Local Council Chairmen in Lagos, despite the incohate status of the LCDAs.

Wishing him safe return to his family.