POLICE APPREHEND SUSPECTED KIDNAPPERS, RESCUE ABDUCTED VICTIM
Operatives of Ogun state police command have arrested two suspected kidnappers in Ogun state.
The duo, Umar Mohammed and Aliyu Mohammed were on Wednesday 14th of December 2022 arrested by operatives of Ogun state Police Command, while a kidnap victim Olorunsogo Oluwaseyi was rescued unhurt.
The suspects were arrested following information received by operatives of Ewekoro divisional headquarters, that the kidnappers, who abducted the victim at Soyooye area of Abeokuta were sighted in a forest at Onigbedu area of Ewekoro local government area.
The operatives mobilized in collaboration with so-safe corpsmen, Hunters, Vigilantes, and some youths of the community and stormed the said forest.
On sighting the men, the kidnappers fired gunshots at them, but the superior firepower of the policemen overpowered them, consequent upon which two members of the syndicate were arrested and the victim rescued, while others escaped.
The victim, Olorunsogo Oluwaseyi was abducted in front of his house in Soyooye area of Abeokuta at about 1945hrs on the 12th of December 2022 by a six-man kidnap gang.
One single-barrel gun with two live cartridges, two expended cartridges, a bag belonging to the victim and some clothes were confiscated by the operatives.
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