Gunmen attack commercial bus, abduct traffic officer on Lagos-Ibadan expressway

Popoola Olasupo, an officer of the Ogun state Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), has been abducted at the Fidiwo axis on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.

According to NAN, Olasupo was kidnapped around 6:30am on Sunday while heading to his duty post.

Witnesses said the attackers suddenly emerged from the bush and opened fire on a commercial bus that the TRACE officer was in.

No other passenger was reportedly kidnapped, aside from Olasupo.

Confirming the incident, Abimbola Oyeyemi , spokesperson of the Ogun police command, said the anti-kidnapping squad of the force is on the trail of the kidnappers.

“Our anti-kidnapping squad are already after them, we are combing the forests and we know that they will all be arrested,” he said.

“Ogun state is not a ground for criminals to settle. It is either they leave or we smoke them out of this state.”

The incident comes a few weeks after Oduneye Olusegun, a journalist, was abducted at the Ijebu-Ode area of the state.

The kidnappers were said to have demanded N30 million ransom from the family of the victim.

A couple of days later, the journalist was rescued after police officers traced his car to the Idimu area of Lagos.

The rescue party were said to have engaged in a 45-minute gun battle with the abductors before Olusegun was freed and one of the suspects arrested.