The Osun Police Command says  it has  deployed officers to rescue a  Methodist priest and two other persons  abducted on the  Iwo – Ibadan Road on Sunday by suspected bandits.

Mr Mufutau Ayinde, the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Operations, made the disclosure in Osogbo on Monday while speaking  with news men.

He stated that the priest and two others were kidnapped at about 7:10 p.m. on Sunday, stressing that the matter was reported to the Police Division in Iwo.

Ayinde, who  said officers were immediately mobilised to the scene of the incident, added  that they had been working to rescue the victims.

He, however, said the kidnappers had not contacted anybody or made any ransom demands from the families of the abducted persons.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that some gun men were reported to have abducted  Very Rev. Kayode Akande, and two other leaders of the church  on Sunday  while returning to Osogbo from Ile-Ogbo.

Confirming the incident, the Bishop of  Methodist Church, Osogbo Diocese, Most Rev. Amos Ogunrinde,  said the priest and the two church members were returning from a Men’s Fellowship held at Ile-Ogbo.

Ogunrinde said the priest and other members were in a convoy of two private cars when they encountered the bandits on the road.

He said the bandits, according to reports,  had asked the victims for money but they  could not meet their demand as they were coming from a fellowship. The bandits then took them hostage.