Unknown gunmen stormed the palace of the Oloso of Oso at Ajowa-Akoko in the Akoko North-West local government area of Ondo and abducted Oba Clement Jimoh Olukotun.
It was gathered that the incident occurred on Thursday evening at exactly 10:15 p.m.
The armed men stormed the palace of Oba Olukotun and forcefully gained entry before dragging him away.
According to the source said the gunmen shot sporadically to scare away residents and repeatedly banged on the palace’s door.
“Realising that the monarch and his family were not ready to open, they shot at the door and destroyed it completely before gaining access into the building to perpetrate the crime,” said the source.
“After entering, they took time to terrorise Kabiyesi (Oba Olukotun) and his family members before he was dragged away.”
The source added, “As I speak, none of the family members has been contacted, but we knew they were kidnappers.”
The police spokeswoman in Ondo, Funmilayo Odunlami, confirmed the incident to newsmen.
Ms Odunlami, however, said the details of the incident were still not clear at the time of contacting her.
“Our men from the Divisional Police headquarters at Oke-Agbe have been deployed to the town to launch an investigation into the incident,” she said.
Recently, some monarchs in the Akoko area raised the alarm over the continued invasion of criminals from border towns.
In August, aged women went half-naked in protest to draw security agencies’ attention to their plight.
