{"id":11517,"date":"2026-06-05T21:49:53","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T21:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/?p=11517"},"modified":"2026-06-05T21:50:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T21:50:04","slug":"ondo-kidnapping-bandits-destroy-homes-abduct-pastors-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/2026\/06\/05\/ondo-kidnapping-bandits-destroy-homes-abduct-pastors-son\/","title":{"rendered":"Ondo Kidnapping: Bandits Destroy Homes, Abduct Pastor&#8217;s Son"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Armed bandits have struck in Ondo State, destroying two buildings and kidnapping a nine-year-old boy in a brazen early morning attack.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred in the Igbosi area of Idogun, Ose Local Government Area, around 1:00 AM on June 5, 2026. The abducted child, Oluwatobi, is the son of local pastor Isaac Olaosebikan.<\/p>\n<p>Gunshots from the attackers sent residents fleeing to neighbouring areas for safety as the bandits carried out the assault.<\/p>\n<p>Security forces, including the Ondo State Police and the Amotekun Corps, have launched a search and rescue operation. They are actively combing nearby forests and escape routes in an effort to locate the child and apprehend the kidnappers.<\/p>\n<p>The state police commissioner has directed all relevant security units to intensify efforts, it looks like Southwest is captured, with investigations underway to ensure the immediate rescue of the victim.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Armed bandits have struck in Ondo State, destroying two buildings and kidnapping a nine-year-old boy in a brazen early morning attack. The incident occurred in the Igbosi area of Idogun, Ose Local Government Area,&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11518,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11517"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11517\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11519,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11517\/revisions\/11519"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}