Parents of 20 prospective National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, members abducted while travelling from Oyo State to their orientation camps have disclosed

The parents disclosed this on Saturday when they visited the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Ladoja, at his private residence in Bodija, Ibadan, alongside the state Commissioner of Police, Olugbenga Abimbola, and the Aseyin of Iseyinland, Oba Sefiu Adeyeri.

Gunmen on Thursday abducted 19 NYSC corps members travelling from Ibadan to orientation camps in Abia and Akwa Ibom, demanding N50m ransom per victim.

Kidnappers demand N1bn within 24 hours for 20 NYSC corps members abducted in Imo, as families plead with Oyo and police officials to help secure their release.

IGP Olatunji Disu deployed senior police officers to Imo as tactical teams intensify the search for 20 abducted corps members after a highway ambush in Owerri.