Operatives of Ogun State Police Command has arrested three suspected kidnappers at a forest along Imeko-Iwoye Ketu road and rescued three victims in their captivity unhurt.

The suspects arrested on Monday, August 29, 2022 include Aliu Abubakar (29 years), Umaru Tukur (24 years) and Yau Isah (25 years).

Accordig the Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, 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 were shooting sporadically.

The information, the PPRO said, 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 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.

“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 said in a statement made available to newsmen.

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, Oyeyemi added..

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, according to the PPRO, 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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