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 Command said in a statement.
According to the statement released by the Command on Tuesday 6th September 2022, the three suspected kidnappers identifeied as 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 three suspected kidnappers 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-conjuction 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 three suspected kidnappers abandoned thier victims and took to flight leavinf an unregistered Bajaj motorcycle behind at thier hideout in the forest.
The victims were rescued unhurt, while the secuity operatives continued combing the bush which led to the discovery of the above three suspects where they were hiding in the forest.
They were searched and 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