Residents Jubilate As Soldiers Arrest Suspected Kidnappers In Ondo

– Joint Effort of Security Agencies led to the arrest of Notorious Kidnappers in ondo

– The kidnappers were arrested after abducting a 45-year old graduate teacher and Muslim Cleric, Alhaji Jamiu Zakariyahu at gunpoint last Wednesday night

– They demanded a ransom of N10m which was later reduced to N5m 

The Joint effort of Police,Soldiers and Department of State Service (DSS) at Ajowa in Akoko Northwest local Government area has led to the arrest of kidnapping squad that has been terrorising residents of Ajowa, Akunnu and Auga in Akoko area of Ondo state.

Ekohotblog garnered that the kidnappers were arrested after abducting a 45-year old graduate teacher and Muslim Cleric, Alhaji Jamiu Zakariyahu at gunpoint last Wednesday night while coming from a mosque where he usually lead the congregation at Daja-Ajowa.

Zakariyahu said, “after dragging me into the bush, I met two other victims whose legs and hands were tied and blindfolded.

“They demanded a ransom of N10m which was later reduced to N5m”.

“However, when the negotiating team told the kidnappers that I am a teacher whose family could not afford more than N250,000, they agreed.

” I then escaped in the midnight to an unknown destination in the dark forest where God directed me to meet a local hunter, who was searching for games.

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“It was some soldiers with the help of some locals that later arrested one Wasiu Mohammed, son of a prominent chief in the town by tracking the phone the bandits earlier seized from me”.

According to the victim, the arrested Wasiu is the leader of the squad, who paved way for the arrest of three others, while the remaining ones were still at large.