Bandits attack, kidnap Ondo traditional ruler, four others

Armed bandits have abducted a traditional ruler, the Oniru of Iku, in Ondo. The bandits also abducted four subjects travelling with the Ikare Akoko ruler.

Mikaila Bello, the Oniku of Iku in Ikare Akoko, was kidnapped, on Thursday evening, while travelling back to the town from Akure.

A local hunter told Peoples Gazette that the attack on the Ondo ruler occurred in the early hours of Friday.

According to the hunter, the bandits ambushed the ruler and the other victims along Ago Panu on the Owo-Ikare road.