Police Nab Kidnappers Who Took Yam, Schnapps, Palm Oil As Ransom
Four suspected kidnappers who reportedly collected N3.5m, a carton of
schnapps, 30 litres of palm oil and 10 tubers of yam before their
victims were released have been arrested .
The Police Public Relations Officer in Ogun State, Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this on Wednesday .
The
kidnappers were reported to have abducted three persons in Ode-Omi in
the Ogun Waterside Local Government Area of Ogun State — a boundary
community between Lagos and Ogun states — on the eve of the last Eid-el
Adha.
The victims who were later freed by their captors
after allegedly collecting the items and N3.5m were siblings Bamidele
Adams and Jelili Adams; and another individual who is a son of the Chief
Imam of Ode-Omi, Abdulazeez Sanni.
Oyeyemi, in a statement,
wrote, “Four of the kidnappers who abducted the three people, including
the son of chief imam at Ode-Omi in Ijebu waterside on Salah day, have
been arrested this morning by the police.”
Oyeyemi said
operatives of anti-kidnapping unit of the Police Command had laid an
ambush for the kidnappers since the incident happened.
“They were planning to relocate from the creeks. On Wednesday, we surrounded them and laid ambush for them.
“We
allowed them to enter their vehicle and as they attempted to leave, we
rounded them up and arrested them with their guns and other ammunition.”
When
asked whether the suspects were the ones that collected the N3.5m and
other items, the PPRO said “it is possible they are the ones who
collected yam, oil, and money, among others.
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