A notorious kidnap kingpin, Usman Hassan, involved in the killing of a Solalu Village farm owner in Ibadan, Oyo State, after collecting ransom, has disclosed the reason for the action of his group.
He said they killed their victim simply because he could identify them upon release.
The kidnapper, who escaped from Oyo State after killing the Solalu Village farm owner, was apprehended by operatives of Ogun State police command.
According to the spokesman of the police in Ogun State, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the suspect, whose accomplices had earlier been arrested in Oyo State after they kidnapped the farm owner and killed him after collecting ransom ran to Ogun State to hibernate.
On getting to Ogun State, the police said, he started recruiting other Fulani men to form another kidnap gang in Ogun State.
He ran out of luck when detectives of Ogun State police command got information about his activity from the Fulani he had tried to recruit into his kidnap team.
His hideout in Imala area was stormed by the detectives and he was promptly arrested.
On interrogation, he confessed that he conspired with his biological brother, one Tahiru Usman, and others to kidnap their victim in Akinyele area of Ibadan and that they decided to kill the man after collecting ransom because the man can identify them.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Edward A. Ajogun, has directed that the suspect be transferred to the Anti-kidnapping Unit of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for onward transfer to Oyo State Command where he will be prosecuted.
