how bride was abducted

IT was a well planned and executed job that
left a bitter taste in the mouth of its

victim.However, the aftermath brought the
joy of a would be couple temporarily to an
abrupt end. Ayebameru and Olanike were
billed to tie the knot the next day but the
bride-to-be ended up in the kidnappers den
where she cooled her heels for six days
when she should have been on her
honeymoon.
The wedding had to be put on hold by
families of the bride and groom following
the ugly incident. Despite the fact that the
news of the abduction of the would-be bride
went viral, some relations and well wishers,
who were not privy to the ugly incident were
taken aback for the wedding.
Vanguard gathered that a couple who are
members of a gang acted as informants to
three other members of the gang, who
carried out the nefarious act on the would-
be bride, on the eve of her
wedding. Interestingly, the five-member
gang aside abducting the bride along
Okitipupa/Ikoya road area of Ondo State
also abducted two Catholic reverend sisters
and their drivers along Ore/ Shagamu
express way, Onipesi, area of the state.
The rescued reverend sisters are Apo
Perpetual and Roseline Familade while their
driver was referred to as Zwugwa Zibai. The
nuns were on their way to Ogun state when
the unfortunate incident happened. However,
one of the gang member named Ayodeji,
said to be physically handicapped was said
to be the informant, while the wife,
Adebimpe is their armorer.
Police report had it that the bride was
abducted in front of her house located at
Mama Nigeria street, Ayeka via Okitipupa on
a Friday together with her son and taken to
an unknown destination until she was
rescued a week after. Police source hinted
that the bride who had gone for shopping
with her son in her Space Wagon car ahead
of the wedding was double-crossed by the
kidnapper.
Vanguard gathered that the groom
(Ayebameru Agbeye ) who was informed by
the parents of the bride reported the
incident to the Okitipupa police divisional
station and was referred to the anti-cult
squad of the state command. The son and a
Mitsubushi Space Wagon car were later
abandoned by the kidnappers to avoid being
traced by security operatives, who were on
their trail.
Vanguard gathered that the anti-cult squad
of the Ondo State Police Command after six
days busted the syndicate and effected the
release of the bride. The wedding according
to findings has since been put on hold after
the temporary setback. One of the
suspected kidnappers, Phillip Ezekiel, who
spoke with Vanguard when they were
paraded confessed that their leader Ufoma
Godwin, coordinated all the activities of the
gang. Godwin is currently hospitalized
following injuries he sustained during a gun
battle with detectives.
Phillip said that the couple within the gang
provided information on would-be victims
while the wife (Adebimpe) keeps the
weapon used during their
operations. According to him, the gang
preferred abducting females just as he
confessed that they have, March this year,
abducted five women including the two
catholic reverend sisters.
Share from the ransom
Others kidnapped, according to him, include
one Seun Fanegan, who was abducted in
front of Mama Nigeria street, Ayeka via
Okitipupa, while Ayewalehinmi Blessing was
whisked away from at her residence at No 2
Ifedayo Street, Okitipupa. Phillips while
speaking with newsmen said N50,000 was
given to him as his share from the N200,000
ransom collected from the family of one of
their victims.
Speaking with Vanguard, the Ondo State
Police Commissioner, Hilda Harrison said
that the kidnappers would be charged to
court after thorough investigation adding
that all the suspects have confessed to the
crimes. Efforts according to her are in top
gear to arrest other fleeing members of the
gang.