BY Gbenga  Olarinoye

OSOGBO—Wife of the Osun State governor, Alhaja Sherifat Aregbesola, and the Aragbiji of Iragbiji, Oba Abdulrasheed Olabomi, were among indegenes of the state that thronged the Abere, Osogbo residence of the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Mr. Najeem Salam, yesterday, to congratulate him on the rescue of his wife, Alhaja Muibat Salam, from the hands of kidnappers.

It will be recalled that Alhaja Salam was kidnapped last week Tuesday at Bamagay Square area in Ejigbo, while on her way home after closing from her shop. She was, however, rescued in Ogunmakin village, Ogun State, along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway by a combined team of security men and vigilante group on Saturday.

The Speaker had expressed gratitude to men of Ogun State vigilante group, who engaged the kidnappers in a gun battle, and other security operatives that secured her release.

Salam, in a statement by his media assistant, Mr. Goke Butika, stated that he was impressed with the support given to his family during the trying period by the state Governor Rauf Aregbesola, traditional rulers, religious leaders, his colleagues at the state Assembly, the media, and the public.

He said: “I am grateful to the whistle-blower, the Ogun State vigilante group that engaged the criminals in a gun duel in their hide-out in Ogunmakin village, Lagos-Ibadan expressway, before my wife was rescued after four days in their hide out.”