Newsonline reports that the arrest followed distress calls received by policemen at Imeko Divisional headquarters that kidnappers numbering about eight with dangerous weapons blocked Termac/Iwoye road and shot sporadically.
In a statement released by the Ogun State Police Command, the suspects arrested include, Aliu Abubakar 29 yrs, Umaru Tukur 24 years and Yau Isah 25 years.
In a statement released by the command on Tuesday, the suspects were arrested on 29th August at a forest along Imeko-Iwoye Ketu road.
The statement read in part, “Operatives of Ogun state Police Command on the 29th of August 2022 arrested three suspected kidnappers at a forest along Imeko- Iwoye ketu road and rescued three victims of their kidnap operation unhurt. The suspects, Aliu Abubakar 29 yrs, Umaru Tukur 24 years and Yau Isah 25 years, were arrested following a distress call received by policemen at Imeko divisional headquarters that, kidnappers numbering about 8, armed with dangerous weapons blocked Termac/ Iwoye road and shooting sporadically.
“The information revealed further that the hoodlums had injured the duo of Bode Ogunleye and Muhammad Basa, while the trio of Alhaji Fatai Abdulsalam, Alhaji Dauda Orelope and Alhaji Rafiu Isah were abducted by the same group.
“Upon the receipt of the distress call, the DPO Imeko division, mobilized his men in conjunction with Amotekun corps, So safe corps, Hunters, Vigilantes as well Fulani/Yoruba youths and stormed the forest in search of the victims and their abductors. Due to the intense pressure, the kidnappers abandoned their victims and took to flight leaving an unregistered Bajaj motorcycle behind at their hideout in the forest.
“The victims were rescued unhurt, while the security operatives continued combing the bush which led to the discovery of the three suspects where they were hiding in the forest.
“When they were searched, the key to the abandoned motorcycle at the of the kidnap was recovered in the pocket of one of them along with three cutlasses.”
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to Anti kidnapping section of the state criminal investigation department for discreet investigation.
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