Three suspected kidnappers have been arrested in Ogun State, the police command in the state has disclosed.
The kidnappers, according to SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, spokesman of the command, were arrested at a forest along Imeko-Iwoye Ketu road on August 29.
Three victims were rescued on hurt from the operation carried out by the police to arrest the kidnappers.
The police said the suspected kidnappers were arrested following a distress call.
According to him, the suspects are Aliu Abubakar, 29 years old; Umaru Tukur, 24 years old and Yau Isah, 25 years old.
The distress call said to be received by policemen at Imeko divisional headquarters indicated that the kidnappers numbering about eight, armed with dangerous weapons blocked Termac/Iwoye Road, shooting sporadically.
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The information 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 Divisional Police Officer, DPO, Imeko division, mobilised 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.
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.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to anti-kidnapping section of the state Criminal Investigation Departments for discreet investigation.
