A broadcaster with the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA), Akure, Mrs. Olubunmi Oke was on Thursday, March 21 kidnapped by unknown gunmen on her way from work in Akure.
Oke, a nursing mother, was abducted shortly after she read the news bulletin on NTA that evening and was with her child and housemaid when she was abducted and driven away in her car. The baby and the maid were dropped from the car.
Her car has since been recovered along Igbara-Oke road at the outskirt of Akure, leading to suspicion that she may have been taken outside the state to an unknown destination.
The Ondo State Chapter of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) has since informed the state government and the various security agencies in the state on the development.
The state NUJ Secretary,Mr.Ebenezer Adeniyan, said ”We condemn this barbaric act in its totality and we therefore seek the support of the security agencies and the government in securing her release from the den of the kidnappers.”
