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Police Arrest Suspected Kidnappers In Ile-Ife

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Police Arrest Suspected Kidnappers In Ile-Ife

The Osun Police has arrested two suspected kidnappers in Ile-Ife, after a gun duel.

The command’s spokesperson, SP Yemisi Opalola made this known in a statement on Tuesday.

She revealed that the suspects were arrested after kidnapping a man at a Fulani settlement in Ile-Ife.

“The Osun Police Command in its struggle not to make the state a safe haven for criminal elements to hibernate; have arrested two suspected kidnappers.

“The fact of the case is that, on Sunday, at about 11:30a.m, a complainant made a report at ‘C’ Division, Aganhun, Ile-Ife that some suspected kidnappers came to Fulani settlement, Erefe Area, Ondo Road, Ile-Ife at about 12:15a.m and kidnapped one Muhammed Gembu.

“Immediately the police received the report, detectives swung into action and arrested two suspects, after a gun duel, with one of them fatally wounded and another escaping.

“The kidnapped victim was however, rescued unhurt with the assistance of Fulani vigilante in the community,” she stated.

She added that the arrested suspects would be charged to court after conclusion of investigation.

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Ayomide Ayano

A writer, communicator, Graduate of the Nigerian Institute of Journalism and a Christian.

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