Scores of travellers were reported to have been abducted by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on Sagamu -Ijebu-Ode, on Sunday night.
The incident, according to reports happened at Delabo junction in Ilishan Remo along the highway at about 8.00 pm.
The suspected kidnappers were said to have laid an ambush between Sagamu Area Command of the Nigeria Police and Ilisan township.
Confirming the development, the Chairman of Ilisan Development Council, Otunba Wemmy Osude, said one of the victims of the attack, a resident of the community was shot in the knee, and currently receiving medical attention at the Babcock University Teaching Hospital.
Osude said that he had spoken to the resident of the town who was being treated at Babcock University Teaching Hospital and he was said to be in stable condition.
He said, “I have spoken to the Sagamu Area Commander about this incident and hopefully we trust that all the security agents will go after these criminals and rescue these people”.
Recall that a similar incident happened about two months ago, leading to the death of one person while about six others were abducted on the same axis.