EX SGF OLU FALAE HAS BEEN ABDUCTED.

Former Presidential candidate of the now defunct Alliance for Democracy, AD, and Chieftain of a pan-
Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, Chief Samuel Oluyemisi Falae was yesterday kidnapped by
suspected herdsmen in Akure, the State Capital.
He was abducted on the day he marked his 77th birthday.
It was learnt that Falae, an ex-SGF and also a former Minister of
Finance under Gen. Ibrahim Babaginda’s regime had been having
a running battle with the herdsmen over his farmland located at
Ibafo in Igbatoro – Akure.
The State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr. Wole Ogodo,
who confirmed the incident said 50 mobile Policemen have been
deployed to the farm.
Ogodo also said that, “Baba Falae has been having a
running battle with the Herdsmen, and this morning, we learnt that
he visited the farm and was allegedly attacked by these Herdsmen;
but we have sent 50 of our men to the farm to start searching for
him.”
More details to emerge later.