Two suspected members of a notorious kidnap syndicate have been apprehended by operatives of Ogun State Police Command over their alleged roles in series of kidnap cases in recent time.
They are 40 years old Jato Abu Bello and 40 years old Muhammad Suleiman.
The duo were arrested in the early hours of Saturday following a painstaking technical and intelligence based investigation embarked upon by the SP Taiwo Opadiran led anti-kidnapping unit which led the operatives to the suspects hideout at Rounder area of Abeokuta.
According to the spokesman of the police command, in Ogun, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, having located the hideout, the anti-kidnapping operatives in conjunction with men of Ilupeju and Lafenwa divisions stormed the place where two amongst the kidnappers were arrested.
He said the suspects had confessed being members of the gang that kidnapped one Ajibola Salimot Adejoke who they traced and abducted in her house at Oke Ode area, off Ayetoro Road, Abeokuta on February 17, 2022.
They also kidnapped one Victoria Oladoyin on February 26, 2022 at Aboba area of Sodeke Titun, Abeokuta.
Also, on the March 8, 2022, the duo and their gang abducted two siblings namely; Esther Kehinde and David Kehinde at Ayetoro.
Some of the victims, the police spokesman said, had identified the suspects as their abductors.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, who commended his men for their resilience and determination in fishing out the suspects had directed that other members of the syndicate must be hunted for and brought to book.
