Ogun police arrest two suspected kidnappers, rescue victim in forest
15 December 2022 |
3:45 am
Two members of a kidnap syndicate, Umar Mohammed and Aliyu Mohammed, were on Wednesday December 14, 2022, arrested by men of Ogun State Police Command, while a kidnap victim, Olorunsogo Oluwaseyi, was rescued unhurt. According to the police, the suspects were arrested following information received by men of Ewekoro divisional headquarters, that the…
Two members of a kidnap syndicate, Umar Mohammed and Aliyu Mohammed, were on Wednesday December 14, 2022, arrested by men of Ogun State Police Command, while a kidnap victim, Olorunsogo Oluwaseyi, was rescued unhurt.
According to the police, the suspects were arrested following 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 Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Ewekoro Division, Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), Sunday Opebiyi, mobilised his men in collaboration with So Safe Corps men, 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 fire power of the police officers overpowered them, resulting in the arrest of two members of the syndicate and the rescue of the victim, while others escaped.
The victim, Oluwaseyi was abducted in front of his house at Soyooye area of Abeokuta at about 7:45p.m.on December 12, 2022, by a six-man kidnap gang.
Recovered from the suspects are: one single barrel gun with two live cartridges, two expended cartridges, a bag belonging to the victim and some clothes.
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 the Anti kidnapping unit of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID) for discreet investigation.
He also ordered a massive manhunt for fleeing members of the gang with the view to bringing them to justice.
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