Nine members of a notorious kidnap syndicate terrorising residents of Aiyetoro, Ogun State were apprehended on Sunday, April 24, by officials of the Ogun State Police Command in their hideout at Abule Oba, off Ayetoro Road.
The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi stated that the kidnappers were arrested in their hideout at Abule Oba, off Ayetoro road.
He further revealed that the arrest was made in coordination with local hunters, OPC, vigilantes, and Amotekun Corps personnels.
The kidnappers include Hammed Taiwo, Kehinde Jimoh, Umar Sanda, Sanda Aliu, Ali Morandu, Usman Abubakar, Usman Mohammed, Umaru Ahmadu and Umaru Momodu.
DSP Oyeyemi stated that the kidnappers were arrested following a credible intelligence gathered by policemen at Sabo/Ilupeju divisional headquarters, according to News Coven.
He added that Hammed Taiwo and Kehinde Jimoh, who are errand okada riders to the kidnap syndicate, were sighted somewhere in Rounder Area of Abeokuta North Local Government Area.
“Upon the information, the DPO Sabo/Ilupeju division, SP Mustapha Opawoye, moblised his men and moved to the area, where the duo of Hammed Taiwo and Kehinde Jimoh were apprehended.
“On interrogation, they confessed been part of the syndicate, but their own role is to run errands and watch the environment to prevent law enforcement agents from getting to them unaware.
“Their confession led to the discovery of the hideout of the group at Abule Oba, off Ayetoro road, where they always met after collecting ransom from their victims.
“Having discovered the hideout, the DPO mobilised his men, So-safe Corps, OPC men, local hunters and men of Amotekun Corps and subsequently stormed the place where all the nine members of the syndicate were arrested.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspects are the group terrorising Abeokuta/Ayetoro Road in recent time. Some of their victims have been able to identified them as their abductors,” it was stated in the release.
Meanwhile, the Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, has ordered the immediate transfer of the kidnappers to the Anti-kidnapping section of the State CIID for intensive investigation.
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