The Oyo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has condemned Wednesday’s abduction of Busayo Adelabu-JohnPaul by unidentified gunmen in Ibadan.

In a statement by its state publicity secretary, Olawale Sadare, on Wednesday, APC urged Governor Seyi Makinde to collaborate with security agencies and relevant stakeholders to check insecurity in the state.

Ms Adelabu-JohnPaul, who is a biological sister to the immediate former Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, was reportedly kidnapped with her twin sons, Paul and Peter, both 12 years old, at Bolumole, Elewura-Challenge Area of Ibadan.

The abduction was allegedly carried out by some gunmen, who were said to have trailed the car conveying the victims from their home before striking at 7:30 a.m.

The APC decried the rise in cases of kidnapping in the state, saying, “The public is increasingly becoming agitated over the cases of kidnappings.”

It cited the unresolved case of kidnapping of some school children and their teachers in the Oriire Local Government Area of the state.

“This is in addition to two staff of the Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (CRIN) in the Idi-Ayunre Area of Oluyole Local Government Area of Oyo State who were initially abducted. We use this medium to appeal to the relevant authorities at the federal, state and local government levels to take a critical look at the security architecture of Oyo State.

”This is with a view to tightening all the loose ends and ensuring maximum protection of lives and properties of the citizens regardless of their background, economic or social-political status. We demand immediate rescue of all Oriire school abductees, CRIN staff, Mrs Adelabu-John Paul and her children, as well as others who are in captivity at the moment.

“We also call for concerted efforts from the governments (particularly Governor Makinde) and security agencies to arrest the ugly trend of kidnappings and violent attacks against residents of the state. No citizen deserves to live in perpetual fear and anxiety, as is the situation with the residents of Oyo State at the moment,” it said.

(NAN)