By Dada Ahmed
The Kwara State Police Command says it has rescued Vet. Dr Julius Owoeye, Akeem Ajadi and Bola Adedoye, all workers of Bafford/Morola’s farms at Elega Via Pampo Village Ilorin, kidnapped few days in the state.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for the command, SP Okasanmi Ajayi, in a statement on Friday, said the victims were successfully rescued on Thursday at 23.30hrs by operatives attached to the command, led by the Commissioner of Police, CP Mohammed Lawal Bagega.
He said:”The Command was flabbergasted when the news of the abduction of the victims broke, despite the tight security arrangements emplaced through out the state.
“The news of the kidnap prompted the Commissioner of Police to give a matching order to the Command’s anti kidnapping operatives which he personally supervised that eventually forced the kidnappers to abandon the victims when they could not withstand the intense pressure placed on them, hence they fled for their lives.
“Effort is still ongoing to arrest the fleeing suspects.
“The victims are evidently traumatized but are in stable frame of mind as they have been attended to by the Command’s Police doctors.”
He recalled that Bagega made commitment to the effect that the three victims would be rescued and suspects arrested, adding that that had been achieved.
“This is to send signal to all criminals, irrespective of nomenclature, that Kwara State is never a safe haven for criminal elements, as such, should relocate to other states.
“The CP wishes to appreciate all stakeholders that collaborated with the command in making this rescue mission a success,” he added.
