Operatives of Ogun state Police Command rescued three kidnapped victims and arrested three suspected captors at a forest along Imeko-Iwoye Ketu .
The Ogun Police Command spokesperson, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi said that the suspects, 29 year old Aliu Abubakar , 24 year old Umaru Tukur and 25 year old Yau Isah , were arrested on the 29th of August 2022 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.
He said that upon the receipt of the distress call, the DPO Imeko division, mobilized his men in conjunction with men of Amotekun corps, So safe corps, Hunters, Vigilantes as well as Fulani/Yoruba youths and stormed the forest in search of the victims and their abductors.
He stated that 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 amongst the suspects where they were hiding in the forest.
Oyeyemi noted that when they were searched, the key to the abandoned motorcycle at the scene of the kidnap was recovered in the pocket of one of them along with three cutlasses.
Following the development, the state Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to anti kidnapping section of the state Criminal investigation Departments for discreet investigation.
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