Insecurity:Fear as gunmen abduct police officer in Kwara By Adeyeye Micheal Oluwaseyi

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 Insecurity:Fear as gunmen abduct police officer in Kwara 


By Adeyeye Micheal Oluwaseyi 



Suspected gunmen have kidnapped an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Abdulmumini Yusuf, attached to the Kwara State Police Command, in Ilorin, Kwara state.



According to reports, the incident occurred on Tuesday night, October 11, 2022, while the ASP was about to enter his house in the Ogidi area of the state capital after the close of work.


A local security man in the area, Jamiu Abdulganiyu, said that the development had thrown the community into fear and apprehension.


“Nobody is safe when a police officer can be brazenly kidnapped,” he said.



The spokesman of the state police command, Okasanmi Ajayi, confirmed the development in Ilorin on Thursday, October 13, 2022.


Okasanmi said the command was working tirelessly to rescue the abducted police officer, describing the incident as serious.


He said the motive for the abduction of the officer was yet unknown, even as he reiterated the readiness of the command to protect lives and property of the citizenry.


Secretary of the Kwara State Community Policing Advisory Committee, Shola Muse, described the incident as worrisome and frightening.


Muse implored security agencies in the state to improve on prevention and control of crime for the safety of the citizenry.

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