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Ondo State Security Network Agency, otherwise known as Amotekun Corps, has rescued a couple, Mr, and Mrs .Sanusi Kehinde, from the kidnappers who abducted them from their residence at Ilu-Abo in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State.
Narrating his ordeal, Mr. Kehinde disclosed that when he and his wife arrived at their residence around 6:30 p.m. in Ilu-Abo community, some armed men, who had hidden somewhere for them to arrive at home, pounced on them and dragged them to the bush.
He said: “We got home at Ilu-Abo and unknown to us, the kidnappers had already been waiting for us. As I was trying to come out of the vehicle, they attacked and abducted us.
“Our experience in the hands of the gunmen was traumatic and pathetic. They machetes us and we were beaten. We sustained injuries during the attack.”
Speaking on their rescue by operatives of Amotekun, Mr. Kehinde said his wife was rescued shortly after they were abducted due to the rapid response of the operatives.
“The way Amotekun acted was amazing. In less than 10 minutes, they rescued my wife. The commander himself was in the bush during the operation.
“They treated me at the Amotekun clinic free of charge and even served me tea and biscuits. I appreciate the Corps Commander, his men, and the Ondo State Government for supporting them,” the rescued victim said.
In her own account, Mrs. Kehinde disclosed that the armed men who abducted them were four in number.
She said: “When we arrived at home in Ilu-Abo, the kidnappers came out from different directions and surrounded our vehicle, pointing a double-barrel gun at me before collected our money.
“They collected my money and beat me with wood while forcing us through the bush.”
Explaining her rescue was effected, Mrs. Kehinde said while they were being marched through the forest, they sighted local hunters and Amotekun operatives close to a road, and she immediately raised the alarm.
She said: “When we sighted hunters and Amotekun operatives, I shouted for help and that was when they rescued me and took me to the palace where I was treated at a health centre.
“I kept crying because I had not seen my husband, but the commander assured me that he would also be rescued.”
However, Mrs. Kehinde disclosed that she kept vigil praying for safe rescue of her husband.
In the morning, she received the news that her husband had also been rescued safely.
The couple appreciated Amotekun operatives, local hunters, traditional rulers of Ilu-Abo and Alayere communities and Ondo State Government for their efforts in ensuring the safe rescue from the gunmen.
Akure North had been under siege of terrorists and kidnappers in the last three months, though their operations have subsided after joint operations by security agencies in the state.
