Operatives attached to the Ogun State police command have arrested, two suspected kidnappers in Ogun. The operatives also succeeded in rescuing one of the victims Olorunsogo Oluwaseyi unhurt.
NigeriaCrime.com learned that the duo Identified as Umar Mohammed and Aliyu Mohammed are members of a kidnap syndicate, terrorising the state and its environs.
Umar Mohammed and Aliyu Mohammed were apprehended on Wednesday 14th of December 2022 following an information received by men of Ewekoro Divisional Headquarters, that the kidnappers, who abducted the victim at Soyooye area of Abeokuta were sighted in a forest at Onigbedu area of Ewekoro Local Government Area.
On the strength of the information, the DPO Ewekoro Division, CSP Sunday Opebiyi, mobilised his men in collaboration with so safe corpsmen, Hunters, Vigilantes and some youths of the community and stormed the said forest.
On sighting the men, the kidnappers fired gunshots at them, but the superior firepower of the policemen overpowered them, consequence upon which two members of the syndicate were arrested and the victim rescued, while others escaped.
Confirming the incident, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, Police Public Relations Officer, Ogun State Police Command said the victim, Olorunsogo Oluwaseyi was abducted in front of his house in Soyooye area of Abeokuta at about 7:45 pm on the 12th of December 2022 by a six-man kidnap gang.
Recovered from the arrested suspects are; one single barrel gun with two live cartridges, two expended cartridges, a bag belonging to the victim and some clothes.”
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, who commended the quick response of his men and members of the community, has directed that the suspects be transferred to Anti kidnapping unit of the State Criminal Investigation Department for discreet investigation. He also ordered a massive manhunt for the fleeing members of the gang with the view to bringing them to justice.