Gunmen have kidnapped three policemen in Ogun State Command, Punch reports.

It was gathered that the police officers were abducted on Thursday at Wasinmi, in Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State.

According to reports, the kidnapped cops arrived in Ogun State from Zone 2, Onikan, Lagos State, for an investigation.

They were said to have been duly booked at the police division in Wasinmi before they left for their place of primary assignment.

A police source told Punch that the officers, led by Inspector Oladipo Olayemi, were kidnapped on the road by their abductors, who allegedly accosted them at about 2:30 pm.

The source said the commercial driver, who conveyed the cops, escaped by a whisker from the kidnappers.

When contacted, the Ogun State Police Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the incident. He however noted that only one policeman was kidnapped.

Oyeyemi added that the police are on the kidnappers’ trail, assuring the victims would be rescued.