In the early hours of Friday, some commuters using the Osogbo/Ikirun route in Osun state were kidnapped in the Ayepe community by some individuals thought to be bandits.
The victims were allegedly taken into the wilderness by their kidnappers.
There were no immediate details about how the victims were taken, however it was reported that the culprits demobilized the car they were in before taking them to a nearby patch of bush.
In a discussion, a senior security official who requested anonymity because he was not authorized to remark on the situation said that Fulani bandits were suspected.
He claimed that on Wednesday, a similar episode of kidnapping that happened in Dagbolu, a neighborhood along the Osogbo/Ikirun road, was linked to Fulani bandits.