Two Chinese expatriates kidnapped in Ogun, Police react

Two Chinese expatriates – Chen Wenguang and Liang Ding – have been reportedly kidnapped in Kémta/Abule-Owu area along Onigbedu Road in Ogun State.

The victims were said to have been abducted at about 1:45pm on Sunday, August 11, when they left the company to visit their friends.

A source who spoke on the incident said the duo were affiliated with the Good One Carton Company located in the area.

The source said, “Wenguang and Ding left the company on their own, without notifying security, including the police and military assigned to the company, nor did they inform the company itself.

“They mentioned to a few people that they were heading to Kémta Village, about a kilometre away from the company, to visit some friends,” the source said.

Confirming the incident, the Ogun State Police Command spokesperson, Omolola Odutola, said the kidnappers had contacted the company to demand a ransom for the release of their victims.

“The company’s security supervisor reported that one of the expatriates called to inform him that Wenguang and Ding had been kidnapped and that the kidnappers were demanding money in exchange for their release.

“Our operatives in the Ewekoro Division, with the assistance of local vigilantes, military personnel from the Social Orientation and Safety Corps, local hunters, and other security groups, thoroughly searched the entire Kémta Village forest for the duo but were unable to find them, Oduntola said.

The article was originally published on Politics Nigeria.