Famous Yinka Oba kidnapped, driver killed in Osun

Mrs. Olayinka Obaleye, a renowned businesswoman and the Managing
Director of Yinka Oba Foam in Ilo, State of Osun, has been abducted by
suspected kidnappers.
Obaleye’s business premises were deserted on as the whole complex was
under lock and key on November 20, 2013, Wednesday.
Mrs. Obaleye was kidnapped on Tuesday night in front of the foam
factory at Ilo, Obokun Local Government Area of Osun. The assailants
have reportedly murdered her driver during the attack.
The businesswoman and her workers had already finished the work for
the day, and they were about to leave the factory when the assailants
struck.
A source, who spoke to the journalists on conditions of anonymity said
the suspected kidnappers were armed with guns. The abductors grabbed
Mrs. Obaleye and took her away to an unknown destination.
Mr. Abubakar Saliu, a security man at the factory, who spoke to NAN,
said when Mrs. Obaleye wanted to go home, another security man went
to open the gate for her.
The security man further narrated that just as he went inside the factory
building to switch off the electrical appliances; he suddenly heard
gunshots and he rushed out to know what was amiss.
He said that on getting out, he met a food vendor screaming “trouble,
trouble”, adding that he later found Obaleye’s driver, identified as Alhaji
Kamal, in the gutter soaked in his blood.
The other workers, including the factory’s manager, had fled.
The Commissioner of Police in Osun, Mrs. Dorothy Gimba, confirmed the
incident through the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Folasade Odoro.
She said that detectives from the state police command had been
deployed to hunt down the abductors, with a view to securing the
freedom of the businesswoman.