Officers of the Oyo State Police Command have recovered corpses of one soldier and a civilian from a forest in Ibadan while searching for a foreigner kidnapped in the city on Wednesday.

The Public Relations Officer of the Oyo State Police Command, SP Olugbenga Fadeyi, who disclosed this in a statement issued in Ibadan said the command recovered corpses of one soldier and a civilian from a forest in Ibadan while searching for a foreigner kidnapped in the city on Wednesday.

He added that an Army Lieutenant and Civil Defence personnel also sustained gunshot wounds during an exchange of gunfire between the kidnappers and security operatives.

According to him, one Hassan Mills of Panorama farm, Mekun, Oke Alaro area of Ibadan was abducted at the entrance of his farm by unknown gunmen who shot sporadically before taking him away into the forest.

He added that the Divisional Police Officer in Oke Alaro, and his men combed the forest with a view to rescue the victim from his captors and also arrest the culprits.

Fadeyi revealed that a team of Operation Burst which was invited by the company arrived the area and proceeded to the forest during which one Army Lieutenant sustained gunshot injury on his right lap, and immediately taking to the hospital.

The Police image maker said the Personal Assistant to the victim who was also abducted escaped during an exchange of gunfire.

He urged well-meaning and good people of Oyo State with useful and credible information as to the whereabouts of the kidnappers and victim to furnish the Police in the state for a rescue operation to be carried out immediately.