Former
speaker of Ondo state House of Assembly and All Progressives Congress
governorship aspirant, Victor Olabintan, has been reportedly kidnapped in
Abuja, Nigeria’s capital.
The 58 year-old politician was reportedly kidnapped
Sunday night.
According
to Ajayi, Secretary of the Olabintan Campaign Organization he was
kidnapped on his way to Abuja from Akure, the capital of Ondo.
He said
the APC chieftain was kidnapped at Kwali after he was flagged down at a
military checkpoint by fake soldiers who turned out to be kidnappers.
His
abduction comes barely 48 hours after he declared his intention to run for the
All Progressive Congress (APC) governorship ticket in the state.
According
to Ajayi, police personnel in Abuja are currently on the kidnappers’ trail.
Until he
joined the APC, he was a member of the Peoples Democratic Party and contested
the PDP nomination for governorship election in 2012.
Olabintan
is also a former commissioner of the Federal Civil Service Commission.
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