The chairman of the Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Philip Aivoji, and several other party leaders have been abducted by gunmen. The incident took place in the Ogere area of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Thursday. Aivoji and the other party members were returning from a Stakeholders' Zonal Caucus Meeting in Ibadan, convened by the Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde. Sources, who preferred to remain anonymous, disclosed that the abductors are demanding a ransom of N200 million for the release of the party leaders. The spokesperson for the Ogun State Police Command, Omolola Odutola, confirmed the incident, stating that the abduction occurred at the Bamboo area of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Odutola assured that security personnel are actively working to rescue the kidnapped victims. However, she stated that she did not have information regarding the identities of the kidnapped individuals.