A French national with the Lafarge CementWAPCO Nigeria Plc, whose name could not be immediately ascertained, was feared killed on Monday by suspected kidnappers.
Details of the incident remained scanty as at 8pm on Tuesday but a source said the French national was kidnapped between Ifo and Ewekoro on the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway.
The source, who spoke on condition of anonimity anonymity, said that some officials of the cement company and some security agencies mounted a search for the ‘missing’ man.
He added that the man was found dead at an undisclosed location around Papalanto at about 6pm on Monday night.
But a source in the company, who also did not want his name in print, claimed that the bandits, who kidnapped the Frenchman were armed robbers.
Efforts by our correspondent to confirm the story, however, did not succeed as the top echelon of the state Police Command, led by the Commissioner, Alhaji Hashimu Argungu, was said to have travelled to the United States on an official duty.
The mobile telephones of Argungu, that of the Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Olumuyiwa Adejobi, and the Assistant Police Commissioner, State Criminal Investigation Department, Mr. Yemi Omojola, were switched off.
The Communications Manager, LCWNP, Mrs. Temitope Oguntokun, did not confirm the incident but informed our correspondent that the company would clarify the situation on Wednesday (today).
Oguntokun, who spoke on the telephone, said she was not aware of the incident, but promised to get in touch with relevant authorities.
Source: The Punch
A note from Chief Oyibo: OOL sources have since confirmed the death of this man and tell us his body has been recovered. No ransom deman or contact was received from his abductors. There is no known motive for the attack at this time.