On Wednesday evening, gunmen stormed Ilara town in Ogun State’s Imeko-Afon Local Government Area, killing two persons and kidnapping Ade Bendel, a well-known businessman.

Around 11 p.m., the attackers allegedly broke into the neighborhood, shooting intermittently to terrorize the locals before capturing their target.

Oba Mutiu Adedimeji, the traditional ruler of Ilara, confirmed the occurrence on Thursday, claiming that the attackers killed two people during the operation and took the victim across the border into the Republic of Benin.

The monarch said,

Yes, the incident happened,

according to The PUNCH. They killed two persons in the incident and kidnapped Ade Bendel last Wednesday night.

They took that route to escape because some people were able to find his car at Sabe in the Benin Republic.

Due to the delicate nature of the situation, a local youth leader who asked to remain anonymous claimed that gunmen had followed a businessman named Ade Bendel to his hotel before starting to shoot randomly.

The youth leader said that a female hotel employee was among the two individuals killed by stray gunshots during the attack.

About 11 p.m. last night, some gunmen abducted Ade Bendel,

he claimed. They started shooting randomly after following him to his motel. According to reports, two individuals were struck by stray gunshots and instantly perished. One of them was a hotel employee who was female.

Several others were hurt as they attempted to escape after hearing the gunfire, according to another local, Ade. The community has been on edge ever since the incident, he continued.

Everything was in disarray. Two women fell into a ditch while attempting to flee as people were running.

They were injured,

he stated.

Omolola Odutola, the spokesperson for the Ogun State Police Command, stated that she was in the process of gathering information on the event.

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