Two siblings and one other person have been arrested by operatives of Ogun State police command for threatening and making an attempt to kidnap their former employer.
The suspects are 23 years old Oyeleke Blessing, David Oyeleke and Kabiru Oniyitan.
The suspects were arrested on were on Tuesday following a report made at Onipanu divisional headquarters by one Makinde Oluwatoyin, who is the Managing Director of Precy Company, Ota, Ogun Stte.
Makinde Oluwatoyin reported on December 4 that he received a phone call from an anonymous caller threatening to kidnap his son, Makinde Solomon, from school and wipe out his entire family if he failed to pay the sum of #2million to a specific bank account within three days.
He stated further that the caller described his children’s school and the location of his residents which suggested that he had been under their surveillance for some time.
Upon the report, the Divisional Police Officer, DPO Onipanu division, Bamidele Job, detailed his detectives to embark on intelligence and technical based investigation.
Their efforts paid off when one of them was traced to her hideout and was arrested with the phone which they were using to make calls to the man.
Her arrest was said to have led to the subsequent arrest of her two other accomplices, while the remaining one was said to be at large.
On interrogation, they confessed to have jointly planned the crime together having worked in the man’s company before and known his financial capacity.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Edward A. Ajogun, has ordered the transfer of the case to anti-kidnapping unit of the state criminal investigation and intelligence department for discreet investigation.
