The Oyo State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of the 2025 President of Junior Chamber International (JCI) Ibadan Elite, Mrs. Ibukun Otesile, by gunmen.
Otesile, a mother of two, is the daughter of the Founder and General Overseer of Jesus Is King Ministries, Reverend Olalekan Babatunde.
She was reportedly kidnapped on Thursday night in front of her residence in the General Gas area of Akobo, Ibadan.
Confirming the incident, the Command’s spokesman, Chief Superintendent Adewale Osifeso, said, “Investigation is ongoing, Sir.”
News of the abduction quickly circulated across various social media platforms.
Olamide Olanrewaju, Personal Assistant to Apostle Joshua Akinyemiju, the outgoing Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria, said the association received a distress alert at about 8:45 p.m. on Thursday.
“We all have a WhatsApp group, which her father is also a member of. The CAN Chairman posted it as a distress call, saying the daughter of Reverend (Dr.) Lekan Babatunde had been kidnapped,” he said.
He added that while members immediately resorted to prayers, they also notified key security contacts, including Rev. Moses, Chaplain of the Police Force Headquarters in Oyo State, before sharing the alert widely.
“I learned she was kidnapped right at the gate of her house at General Gas. Only God knows what she was doing there, where she went, or who she was with,” he noted.
The alert issued by CAN read, “The daughter of our beloved Reverend Dr. Lekan Babatunde was kidnapped this night, Thursday, December 4, around 8:00 p.m. Ibukun Otesile, a mother of two, was kidnapped in front of her gate at General Gas, Akobo.”
The association appealed to security agencies for urgent intervention, calling on the Nigerian Army Headquarters and the Nigeria Police Force to deploy all necessary resources to secure her immediate release.
As of the time of filing this report, there were no details yet on the identity of the abductors or any ransom demands.
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