On Monday, the Ogun State Police Command confirmed the abduction of travelers at the Ilisan/Iperu axis along the Sagamu-Benin Expressway. SP Omolola Odutola, the State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), disclosed this to reporters in Abeokuta, noting that the incident occurred on Friday.

Odutola clarified that the police were unable to ascertain the exact number of people abducted but confirmed the death of one unidentified traveler at the hands of the assailants. Describing the incident as a case involving armed robbery, murder, and kidnapping, she outlined the sequence of events.

According to Odutola, approximately seven individuals armed with AK-47 rifles obstructed the Benin-Sagamu expressway. The Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Ilisan arrived at the scene to find two vehicles riddled with bullets, along with another vehicle. The vehicles involved included a Lexus Jeep 300 registered as LND 640 DY and a Lexus Jeep 350 registered as LSR 996 JF, belonging to Chilaka Lugard and Kingsley Chineme, respectively.

Inside the Lexus 350, a cross bag containing N113,000, two iPhones (an iPhone 6 and an iPhone 11 Promax), and the corpse of an unidentified man with a gunshot wound to the head were discovered. The third vehicle, loaded with plantains, was abducted by the abductors, but the driver, who was among those taken captive, was later released along with the vehicle. The other Lexus vehicles were impounded at the Ilisan police station.

In response to the incident, the Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alamutu, convened an emergency meeting on Monday, directing tactical commanders and the mobile squadron to pursue the perpetrators. Alamutu also visited the scene of the crime, assuring that the criminals would be apprehended soon.