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Rescued woman recounts shooting ordeal during Ogun State kidnapping

From The Punch · () English

Translated from English, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • A woman recounts her harrowing experience after being shot and kidnapped in Ogun State, Nigeria, before being rescued by police.
  • She described how assailants blocked the road, demanded she exit her vehicle, and shot her when she refused, later returning to abduct her daughter and sister.
  • The rescue operation, a joint effort by Lagos and Ogun State Police Commands, freed five victims within 25 hours, with efforts ongoing to apprehend the remaining gang members.

A woman who survived a brutal kidnapping and shooting attack in Ogun State has shared her ordeal following her rescue by security operatives.

The victim recounted how armed individuals intercepted her vehicle in the Ogbere Forest area. She described being ordered out of her car, and when she refused, one of the assailants shot her. "He fired me with a bullet," she stated.

Adding to the terror, the attackers returned. "He came back again, grabbed my daughter and me," she recounted, detailing how her sister was also taken. The woman sustained gunshot wounds during the incident.

When we were going to the centre of the road, what I saw was a young man parked… He said, ‘Come out, or I will shoot you.’ I managed myself, I said, ‘I won’t come out.’ He fired me with a bullet.

— Kidnapping victimThe woman described the initial confrontation with the kidnappers on the road.

She was among five victims rescued within a 25-hour period through a joint operation by the Lagos and Ogun State Police Commands, under what was termed Operation KOSAYE. Police confirmed the victim is receiving medical attention for her injuries.

Authorities are continuing their efforts to track down and apprehend the remaining members of the kidnapping gang responsible for the attack.

He came back again, grabbed my daughter and me.

— Kidnapping victimThe victim recounted the moment her daughter and sister were abducted after she was shot.
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Originally published by The Punch in English. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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