The Zonal Intervention Squard (ZIS), a unit under the Zone 2 Police Command, Onikan, Lagos, has recorded a magnificent crackdown of a suspected tyranic syndicate that unleashes terror on the natives of Ado-Odo in Ogun State.
The group is said to have a wicked penchant for snuffing lives out of their victims and apparently use their body parts for missions not yet ascertained
It was learnt that about seven members of the deadly group have so far been nabbed while zealous efforts are on by ZIS operatives to track others already on the Police wanted list.
The syndicate, whose notoriety was to forcefully claim expanse of land from the owners, resorted to ambushing them in their farmlands, abduct and ostensibly kill them.
A case in study was the alleged kidnapping of 65-year-old Adisa Yusuf and his 17-year-old son, Taofiq. The duo were said to had gone to farm on Saturday, June 23, 2005 and never made it back home till date, of which the victims Arubielu head of family, Chief Wasiu Ajani, disclosed that, prior to their sudden disappearance, there had been a threat from some identified persons to deal with them should they be sighted in the farm.
“Consequently, a formal complaint was lodged with the traditional ruler of Ado-Odo, who dispatched a letter to the alleged James family, to appear in the palace on Tuesday, June 26, 2005, to answer questions on the alleged threat to the lives of Arubielu family members. But, before the appointed date, both father and son got missing. It is a common knowledge in Ado-Odo, given the antecedents of these people in question, that they killed them”, Chief Ajani said emphatically.
