Adelabu’s Sister’s Abduction: Oyo police chief worried over failure of neighbours to report kidnappers’ hideout
Neighbours greeted the kidnappers. That detail, shared by Oyo State's police commissioner, sits at the centre of a troubling revelation following the abduction of a sister of Adebayo Adelabu.
According to the commissioner, the location used to hold abductees was not hidden from the surrounding community. People saw what was happening. Some even offered friendly greetings to those bringing victims in, yet no one picked up the phone to alert authorities.
The police chief has made clear that this silence worries him deeply. A hideout only works when the community around it stays quiet, and in this case, that quiet held long enough for a kidnapping to unfold and a family to be put through serious distress.
It raises an uncomfortable question that goes beyond this single case: when ordinary people witness something wrong and choose to look away, who carries the cost of that choice?
Originally published by Premium Times.