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Gunmen have reportedly murdered Olugbenga Owolabi, a hotelier, and Rachael Opadele, a student of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, Oyo state.

On July 29, gunmen kidnapped Owolabi and Opadele in Ogbomoso.

The LAUTECH student was said to have been working with the hotelier owing to the strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).

According to NAN, the abductees were reportedly shot dead on Tuesday evening after the kidnappers collected N5 million as ransom.

A family source, who did not want to be named, told NAN that the motorcyclist who conveyed the person scheduled to deliver the ransom was also shot dead in the bush.

The person who was meant to deliver the ransom reportedly sustained gunshot injuries and is currently in the hospital receiving medical treatment.

According to the source, the ransom was taken to a bush in Ogbomoso-Ilorin expressway, around Igbon area.

The source said the kidnappers became angry when they noticed the presence of security operatives at the LAUTECH area.

On Tuesday, soldiers were said to have stormed Ogbomoso in order to beef up security over rising cases of kidnapping in the area.