The 67-year-old cleric was abducted on his farm at Asolo Farm Camp on Saturday afternoon.
A family member said they reported to the police when Mr Bodunde-Oyinlade did not return home by 2 p.m. and calls to his mobile phone were not answered.
“The kidnappers have contacted the family but are yet to demand ransom,” he said on condition of anonymity.
Olufunmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, the police spokesperson in the state, however, confirmed the incident.
He said police officers and vigilantes were combing the forest in search of the chief imam.One of the sources disclosed that the kidnappers later took him into the bush after he was overpowered by the gun-wielding kidnappers.
“Alhaji Ibrahim Oyinlade was abducted at Asolo Farm Camp, Uso, at around 3:00 p.m. today, Saturday.”
A family member confirmed that the kidnappers had contacted the family but had yet to demand ransom as of the time of filing this report.
The situation had thrown the community into a state of tension, with local vigilantes already mobilized to comb the forest and rescue the Chief Imam.
Meanwhile, as of press time, the spokesperson of the Ondo Police Command, Olufumilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, could not be reached for official confirmation.
