Alhaja Seliat Raji, a sister to renowned legal luminary, Alhaji Ahmed Raji SAN has been kidnapped while the security guard was killed.
Eyewitnesses who spoke to online news medium said the armed kidnappers arrived at the residence on a motorcycle but left the scene in their victim’s Lexus car.
Ahmed Raji is the Founder/Principal at Ahmed Raji & Co.
Alhaja Seliat Raji, a sister to Barrister Ahmed Raji, a senior lawyer and philanthropist, has been kidnapped, plunging Iseyin into panic amid renewed security threats in the community and its environs.
The victim was abducted at her residence in Iseyin, Oyo state, on Thursday evening, March 16, at 8pm in a saddening development characterised by sporadic shooting.
The heavily hooded kidnappers also slaughtered the security guard manning the house before storming the parlour where their target was watching television.
Eyewitnesses who spoke to the medium said the armed kidnappers arrived at the residence on a motorcycle but left the scene in their victim’s Lexus car.
Kidnappers reached out to Raji, demanded ransom
When this publication sought further details from a member of the Raji family, it was gathered that the kidnappers had reached out to the Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN).
“They have called SAN and made their points clear,” a source said
“They want a ransom. But they have not stated the amount they want to collect. Everyone is now in panic.”
Security mounts at Raji’s residence
When the news medium visited Ahmed Raji’s residence along Iseyin-Saki road, security personnel were stationed to enforce safety as fear continued to mount.
Police operatives, Amotekun, men Operation Burst and others were seen at the house’s gate, while some stationed themselves at the entrance gate of Alhaji Kunmi Mustapha, former state chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Credit: Daily Insider
