Photo: 4 year old boy kidnapped by gunmen in Abeokuta

A four year old boy identified as Steve Kanu was forcefully kidnapped at his parents home at Laderin Estate in Abeokuta, Ogun state yesterday November 2nd evening. Eyewitnesses say the little boy opened the gate to his parents compound for people who pretended to be visitors.

Immediately they saw him, they took him and whisked him into a waiting vehicle that had no number plate. Efforts to chase them by some residents was unsuccessful as the kidnappers kept shooting as they fled the scene. The state police command say they are currently working to free the boy.