The kidnap incident allegedly took place late on Tuesday evening, in Goshen Land Community in Ajebamidele area of Ado-Ekiti, located on the way to Ikere-Ekiti.
Amongst those kidnapped were a couple, whose names were given as Mr and Mrs Falomo, and a man, said to be a pastor.
NewsSpecng gathered that Mrs Falomo was said to have been trailed to her residence by the kidnappers who were said to be armed with AK-47 rifles.
The husband who was at home at the time rushed out to rescue her but was also abducted.
A resident of the area told newsmen that the kidnappers fired several gunshots into the air during the attack to thwart any attempt to rescue the victims.
The other two victims were said to have been kidnapped as the gunmen were making their way out of the community.
The police arrived shortly after the kidnappers had left, it was learnt.
The residents were not ready to accept the incessant kidnapping incidents in the state, hence the protest.
The residents in their large number, trooped out in the early hours of Wednesday, to barricade the highway, lamenting that kidnapping was becoming too incessant in the state. They called for urgent action to stop the menace.
They decried the level of insecurity in the state, and called on both the federal and state governments to urgently do something to save them from further apprehension.
Some of their placards read “Save US from kidnappers,” “We are no longer safe, Government come to our rescue,” “Kidnappers have taken over,” “No movement on the road until government stops kidnapping”.
Others are; “Citizens are no longer safe”, “What Is happening,” “Security is a dividend of democracy give it to us,” “Ekiti must be free from kidnappers and robbers,” among others.
Mr Samuel Fasua, Chairman of Goshen Landlords Association, said the protest was staged to draw the attention of government to the incident, to do something urgent to save the residents.
Another resident, Emmanuel Ayodeji, who disclosed that his sister-in-law was among those kidnapped, disclosed that the abductors had called the family on Wednesday morning to demand for a ransom of N10 million.
Ayodeji said: “My sister-in-law was among those kidnapped and they packed to this area not quite one month ago.”
There were long queues of vehicles on both sides of the Ado-Ekiti-Ikere highway with police officers appealing to the protesting residents to allow a free flow of traffic, which they rebuffed.
The road was, however, reopened to traffic at about 10.05 am after the Police succeeded in convincing the protesters to allow traffic to resume.
