Gunmen kidnap two Chinese expatriates in Ogun

Two Chinese expatriates, Chen Wenguang and Liang Ding, have been kidnapped by gunmen who may be kidnappers. They were seized in the Kémta/Abule-Owu area along Onigbedu Road in Ogun State.

It was learned that on Sunday, August 11, 2024, at 1:45 p.m., as the victims left the firm to go see their friends, they were kidnapped.

Punch was informed by an unidentified police source—who was not authorized to speak for the command—that Wenguang and Ding were associated with the nearby Good One Carton Company. 

 

“Wenguang and Ding left the company on their own, without notifying security, including the police and military assigned to the company, nor did they inform the company itself," the source said. 

 

“They mentioned to a few people that they were heading to Kémta Village, about a kilometre away from the company, to visit some friends." 

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Omolola Odutola, a spokesman for the state command, verified the event on Monday and said the kidnappers had been in touch with the business to demand a ransom to be released. 

 

“The company’s security supervisor reported that one of the expatriates called to inform him that Wenguang and Ding had been kidnapped and that the kidnappers were demanding money in exchange for their release,” the PPRO said. 

“Our operatives in the Ewekoro Division, with the assistance of local vigilantes, military personnel from the Social Orientation and Safety Corps, local hunters, and other security groups, thoroughly searched the entire Kémta Village forest for the duo but were unable to find them.”

 

She added that efforts to secure the release of the duo were ongoing.

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