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Police, Amotekun, Others Storm Kidnappers Hideout In Ogun, Arrest 9

Police, Amotekun, OPC and others have raided Kidnappers Hideout in Ogun and arrested nine suspects
The Ogun State Commissioner of Police has ordered the suspects to be sent immediately to the State CIID’s Anti-kidnapping division,

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EKO HOT BLOG reports that at least, nine men suspected to be kidnappers have been arrested by the police in Ogun State.

The Ogun State Police Command who raided the kidnappers hideout in Ogun stated that the suspects were “members of a notorious kidnap group terrorising residents of Ogun State.”

Abimbola Oyeyemi, the command’s spokesman, revealed the syndicate used to operate along the Abeokuta-Ayetoro road, where several citizens had been kidnapped and forced to pay millions in ransom.

The suspects were apprehended on Sunday at their hideout in Abule Oba, off Ayetoro Road in Abeokuta, according to Oyeyemi.

They were apprehended by police, who, according to Oyeyemi, were aided by local hunters, So-safe Corps operatives, Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), the Amotekun Corps, and local vigilantes to raid the kidnappers hideout in Ogun.

Oyeyemi identified the suspects as Hammed Taiwo, Kehinde Jimoh, Ali Morandu, Sanda Aliu, Umar Sanda, Usman Mohammed, Usman Abubakar, Umaru Ahmadu and Umaru Momodu.

The Press gathered that the suspects’ arrest followed credible intelligence at the disposal of policemen at Sabo/Ilupeju divisional headquarters.

The police had garnered information that two of the suspects, Hammed Taiwo and Kehinde Jimoh, were the kidnappers’ errand boys, operating on motorcycles.

He disclosed that the suspects were sighted somewhere in the Rounder area of Abeokuta North, to where the DPO of Sabo/Ilupeju, SP Mustapha Opawoye, quickly mobilised his men and got them arrested.

During interrogation, Oyeyemi said the duo of Taiwo and Kehinde confessed to being 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 unawares.”

The confession, Oyeyemi explained, led to the discovery of the group’s hideout at Abule Oba, “where they always meet after collecting ransom from their victims.”

“Having discovered the hideout, the DPO mobilized 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,” Oyeyemi said.

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Meanwhile, Lanre Bankole, the Ogun State Commissioner of Police, has ordered the suspects to be sent immediately to the State CIID’s Anti-kidnapping division, praising the security forces for the success of the intelligence-based operation.

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