Osun Perm Sec, Director, driver kidnapped

The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Osun State, Mrs. Adebimpe Ogunlumade, Director, State Audit, Mr. Tajudeen Badejoko and their driver, Mr. Oladapo Ajani Arogundade, were, on Friday, kidnapped on their way from Abuja to Osogbo, the state capital.
A statement on Friday by Osun State Head of Service, Mr. Sunday Olayinka Owoeye, reads: “The State Government of Osun wishes to alert on the unfortunate kidnap of three of its officials today Friday April 22, 2016 in Kogi State.
“The kidnapped officials are the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Finance, Mrs. Adebimpe Ogunlumade; Director, State Audit, Mr. Tajudeen Badejoko, and the Driver, Mr. Oladapo Ajani Arogundade.
“Preliminary information available to us indicate that the gunmen accosted them between Obajana and Lokoja, the Kogi State capital and forced them to stop before the three officials were violently whisked away.
“The officials were returning from Abuja where they attended the briefing on the State and Local Government Reforms Project; a World Bank and European Union Programme.
“The Government has alerted all necessary security agencies nationwide in general and Kogi State in particular towards safe release of the three abducted officials.
“We appeal to all Nigerians for information that could lead to their immediate release”.