September 28, (THEWILL) – Gunmen have abducted Air Vice Marshal (AVM) Sikiru Oladimeji Smith (rtd) in the Ajah area of Lagos State.
THEWILL gathered that Smith, who is currently the chairman of Double Wealth Ventures Limited (a dredging and engineering firm), was supervising work on a site in the Ajah area of Lagos state on Monday when masked gunmen invaded the place, shooting sporadically.
The gunmen were said to have whisked the retired general away in a speedboat and sped away.
An SOS voice note shared by his driver, Corporal Odiji, said the victim engaged in a struggle with the gunmen before he was subdued.
Odiji said: “This is an emergency. I am Corporal Odiji attached to Air Vice Marshal Smith. They just abducted him from the site where we were working. Some gunmen who were wearing masks just came and snatched my boss now. They shot everywhere. I was near where I was fixing my boss’ vehicle.
“As I was coming, I saw them leaving in a boat but I wasn’t armed so I just ran to the site and I saw his glasses and where he struggled with them. Please pass this information. It is an emergency.”
Contacted for reaction, spokesperson for the Lagos State Police Command, CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu said he would make his findings and revert.
AVM Smith is a cousin of a former Inspector-General of Police and current chairman of the Police Service Commission, Musiliu Smith.
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