By Oriola Afolabi
The Vice Chairman, Ilejemeje Local Government of Ekiti State, Mrs Grace Ogunleye, kidnapped on Wednesday by unidentified hoodlums, has been rescued.
The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Ekiti State Command, Sunday Abutu, who made this known in Ado Ekiti on Thursday said the council official was rescued unhurt.
The rescue team was reported to have mounted pressure on the abductors, forcing them to release the victim.
A statement by the police spokesperson reads, “One Mrs Grace Ogunleye, the Vice Chairman of Ilejemeje Local Government, who was allegedly kidnapped on 20th May, 2026, by yet-to-be-identified hoodlums, has been rescued unhurt. The breakthrough came as a result of a joint operation by the police, the military and other security agencies, as well as local security personnel, who embarked on a rescue mission and mounted pressure on the hoodlums”.
Mrs Ogunleye had since been taken into protective custody for medical checks and debriefing.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Micheal Falade, has ordered a thorough investigation into the incident in order to unravel the cause and those behind it,” Abutu stated.
Sources, who said that Ogunleye was kidnapped on Wednesday along the Ipere-Iludun Ekiti Road, stated that her vehicle was later found abandoned while her whereabouts remained unknown, just as her mobile phone had also been switched off.
Recall that unknown gunmen on April 28, 2026, attacked a Christ Apostolic Church at Eda Oniyo in Ilejemeje Local Government Area during a programme, shot dead the pastor and whisked away about fifteen worshippers.
She had since been taken into protective custody for medical checks and debriefing
He said the aim was to uncover the circumstances surrounding the incident and identify those responsible.
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