The Ogun State Police Command has stated that it is actively pursuing the abductors of Mr. Philip Aivoji, the Lagos State chapter chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who was kidnapped on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

Commissioner of Police (CP) in Ogun, Mr Abiodun Alamutu, said this while speaking with newsmen in Abeokuta on Friday

Aivoji was abducted by yet-to-be-identified persons on Thursday evening.

He was abducted at the Ogere axis of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, alongside nine other party members who were with him.

They were said to be returning from the party’s Stakeholders’ Zonal Caucus Meeting held in Ibadan when they were abducted.

Alamutu assured that the police would catch up with the abductors of the party chieftain.

He said that the police had engaged the gunmen in a gun duel which forced the abductors to release nine of the abducted while the PDP Chairman was taken away.

“It is true, they were kidnapped on Thursday evening at Ogere on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.