By Dada Ahmed.
,,,,,Nabbed 7 suspects, commit to trial in court.
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The Police Command in kwara state says it is confronting upsurge of kidnapping in some parts of Kwara South, especially in Ora, Oke-Ode and other areas in Ifelodun Local Government Area.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, CP. Victor Olaiya, who disclosed this in a statement he signed in Lokoja and a copy available to The Reporters said command, after due consultation resulting from highly potent intelligence gathered, commenced the operation.
According to him, the development led to the formation of a powerful team ,comprising of men drawn from the Counter Terrorism Unit, Anti-Robbery, Anti-Kidnapping, Anti-Cultism, Anti-Nacotic, Explosive Ordinance Department (EOD), Police Mobile Force (PMF), and Police Medical.
He said:” The team was handed a distinct directive: combing the bushes and forests in the identified areas, arresting Criminals found, Recovering Arms and Ammunition, rescuing victims and clearing the bushes of criminal elements.The operation began on 1/11/2023 with positive outcome recorded.
“Some of the successes was the arrest of Seven suspected kidnappers named, UMARU MOHAMMODU A. K. A. YELLOW ‘M’, MOHAMMODU MOHAMMODU A. K. A. KERIMI ‘M’, GARUBA ABUBAKAR ‘M’, ILIASU USMAN ‘M’, IBRAHEEM ABUBAKAR ‘M’, USMAN HARUNA ‘M’ AND UMARU BELLO ‘M’ (INFORMANT).
“A cash sum of #1, 736,000.00 was recovered during a search of their hideout.
“This singular effort helped resulting in the lull experienced in the activities of these undesirable elements until the incident of 10/11/23 which occurred at about 2030hrs.
“The command would not relent in her onerous and unmitigated pressure on the criminals until they relocate from the state of Harmony.
“The Command’s team is committed to rescue all victims sooner than expected as the Command is hot on the heels of the Criminals.
“Meanwhile, the seven suspects arrested in the operation and named above have been arraigned in court and presently remanded in Prison custody. “Vigorous efforts are on to apprehend the perpetrators of this recent unfortunate incident”.
