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    An undergraduate accounting student at Olabisi Onabanjo University in Ogun State, Nigeria named Wasiu Olalekan Balogun, who has a hunchback, went missing about a week ago. He was reportedly abducted by armed men while he was with his girlfriend in the town. His fellow students protested at the palace of the local ruler to complain about his disappearance. The ruler appealed for calm and said security forces were investigating. Investigations revealed an active kidnapping gang operates in the town. Some fear Balogun may have been killed for money rituals due to beliefs about people with disabilities. The university and police are working to rescue Balogun and arrest the kidnappers.

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    An undergraduate accounting student at Olabisi Onabanjo University in Ogun State, Nigeria named Wasiu Olalekan Balogun, who has a hunchback, went missing about a week ago. He was reportedly abducted by armed men while he was with his girlfriend in the town. His fellow students protested at the palace of the local ruler to complain about his disappearance. The ruler appealed for calm and said security forces were investigating. Investigations revealed an active kidnapping gang operates in the town. Some fear Balogun may have been killed for money rituals due to beliefs about people with disabilities. The university and police are working to rescue Balogun and arrest the kidnappers.

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    An undergraduate accounting student at Olabisi Onabanjo University in Ogun State, Nigeria named Wasiu Olalekan Balogun, who has a hunchback, went missing about a week ago. He was reportedly abducted by armed men while he was with his girlfriend in the town. His fellow students protested at the palace of the local ruler to complain about his disappearance. The ruler appealed for calm and said security forces were investigating. Investigations revealed an active kidnapping gang operates in the town. Some fear Balogun may have been killed for money rituals due to beliefs about people with disabilities. The university and police are working to rescue Balogun and arrest the kidnappers.

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    An undergraduate accounting student at Olabisi Onabanjo University in Ogun State, Nigeria named Wasiu Olalekan Balogun, who has a hunchback, went missing about a week ago. He was reportedly abducted by armed men while he was with his girlfriend in the town. His fellow students protested at the palace of the local ruler to complain about his disappearance. The ruler appealed for calm and said security forces were investigating. Investigations revealed an active kidnapping gang operates in the town. Some fear Balogun may have been killed for money rituals due to beliefs about people with disabilities. The university and police are working to rescue Balogun and arrest the kidnappers.

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    Nigeria

    R O U N O T H E N A T IO N

    Kidnap Of Hunchbacked Student Sets


    Ogun University Town On Edge
    The 200 level accounting student who went missing about a w eek ago, was said to have been abducted
    by some armed men while he was with his girlfriend in the town.
    he kidnap of an undergraduate of the
    Olabisi Onabanjo University, Agohvoye, Ogun State, Wasiu Olalekan
    Ba.ogun has thrown the university
    community and the host town into serious
    confusion, with students threatening a violent
    protest if the student, who has an hunchback,
    is not released.

    The 200 level accounting student, who went


    missing about a week ago, was said to have
    been abducted by some armed men while he
    was with his girlfriend in the town.
    The missing students' colleagues at the
    weekend embarked on a protest to the palace
    of the traditional ruler of the town, the
    Ebuwame of Ago Iwoye, Abdul-Rasaq
    Adenugba, to lodge a complaint of their
    missing colleague.
    The royal father, while profusely begging the
    protesting students not to be violent, recalled
    that the effect of an earlier violent approach
    used five years ago during a clash between
    the students and the community is still being
    felt in the community.
    Mr Adenugba appealed to the protesters to be
    calm and assured them that security
    operatives were on top of the situation.
    However, NewsGrain investigations in the

    town also revealed the presence o f an


    active kidnapping gang in the town.
    Some o f the residents say these people
    sometimes pretend to be alms beggars or
    lunatics to carry out their evil deeds.
    Some colleagues of Mr Balogun
    however said the reason why they were
    worried was about his fate was the belief
    that people with a hunchback are usually
    killed for money rituals.
    Some dubious students who are
    involved in crime, known in the parlance
    as Yahoo plus, may not be ruled out from
    the crime," one of the student said,
    speaking anonymously.
    Working on the rescue The University's
    spokesperson, Sam Oyeleye said the
    school authority is working with security
    operatives to unravel the kidnap saga,
    adding that the university has also put in
    place internal security mechanism to
    ensure the safety o f other students.
    Mr Oyeleye said the university was
    optimistic that the missing student will
    be rescued in due course and that his
    abductors will be fished out.
    He assured the students body and parents
    not to entertain further fear, saying

    meetings were ongoing with


    security agents and
    community leaders towards
    ensuring an enduring peace.
    He also said on-going
    examinations would not be
    disrupted by the incident.
    The school is now working
    in conjunction with security
    agents to maintain the
    existing peace," Mr Oyeleye
    said. "We are not ready in any
    form to compromise, that is
    why meeting holds between
    security operatives, Director
    Students Affairs, Principal
    Officers o f the university."
    The Police Command's
    Public Relations Officer,
    Muyiwa Adejobi also assured
    that the victim would be
    rescue. He also gave
    assurance that the kidnappers
    would be arrested in due
    course, as the authority is
    closing on the criminals.
    We are on trail of the
    suspect kidnappers and the
    community is equally
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    N ew sgrain Magazine

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