Tension In Oyo: Seyi Makinde Pays Emotional Visit To Adebayo Adelabu Over Family Kidnap Ordeal

Published June 5, 2026 at 7:59 PM

The Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, on Friday paid a condolence and solidarity visit to former Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, at his residence in Ibadan following the recent abduction of some of his family members.

During the visit, captured in a video circulating online, Governor Makinde was seen offering words of comfort to Adelabu over the incident.

“My brother, sorry, sorry,” the governor said while sympathizing with the former minister.

The visit comes days after gunmen reportedly kidnapped Adelabu’s younger sister, Mrs. Olaide Busayo Adegoke John-Paul, along with her twin sons.

The incident was confirmed in a statement by Adelabu’s media aide, Femi Awogboro.

Naija News reports that Adelabu, a leading governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress in Oyo State ahead of the 2027 election, is currently seeking the party’s ticket.

According to the statement, Mrs. John-Paul and her 12-year-old twin sons, Peter and Paul, were abducted in the early hours of Wednesday, June 3, 2026, while she was taking the children to school.

The family disclosed that the kidnappers struck at about 7:30 a.m. in Ibadan, forcibly taking both the mother and her children.

“The family of Chief Adebayo Adelabu, former Minister of Power and leading gubernatorial aspirant of the APC in Oyo State, wishes to formally confirm the unfortunate kidnapping of his younger sister, Mrs. Olaide Busayo Adegoke John-Paul, alongside her twin sons, Peter and Paul, in the early hours of Wednesday, June 3, 2026.

“Mrs. John-Paul, aged 43, was reportedly abducted by armed gunmen at about 7:30 a.m. while on her way to drop her children at school in Ibadan. The abductors also forcefully took away her 12-year-old twin sons who were with her at the time of the incident,” the statement said.