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PHOTOS: Police arrest 14-man syndicate for allegedly kidnapping Crown Polytechnic student in Ekiti

Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo by Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo
June 26, 2021
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A 14-man syndicate has been arrested by the Rapid Response Squad(RRS) of the Ekiti State Police over their involvement in the abduction of one Akiode Akinyemi ‘m’, a student of Crown Polytechnic, Odo-Ekiti on  June 19.

WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that a gang of suspected kidnappers sneaked into the hostel apartment of the victim, blindfolded him and whisked him away to an unknown destination.

The police public relations officer in the state, DSP Abutu Sunday via a statement disclosed that after a while, the suspects, through phone calls, started demanding for ransom to be paid as the only condition for the release of Akiode Akinyemi. Consequently, two million two hundred thousand naira(#2,200,000:00) was paid as ransom by the victim’s family members into eight(8) different Bank Accounts as provided by the suspects.

“Upon the receipt of the information, the RRS Operatives swung into action and on 23rd June, 2021 at about 0400hrs, arrested a total of fourteen(14) suspects in connection with the abduction among whom are ten(10)  students of the Institution(Odo Crown Polytechnic) and four others. The arrested suspects are: Afolabi Olamide Lekan ‘m’, Peter Adeyemi ‘m’, Abiodun Oluwaseun ‘m’, Bamidele Emmanuel ‘m’, Adewumi Sola ‘m’, Adesuyi Adeyeye Olarewaju ‘m’, David Daniel ‘m’, Damilare Yusuf ‘m’, Olasile Hassan ‘m’, Jesse Obinna ‘m’, Mohanye Samuel ‘m’, Olugbade Timileyin ‘m’, Olamide Temilade ‘m’ and Blessing Omotuyi ‘m’.” the statement read

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Abutu mentioned that all the suspects arrested have confessed to committing the crime and stated that the two million two hundred thousand naira(#2,200,000:00) collected as random before releasing the victim was shared among them.

He stated that the state commissioner of Police, CP Tunde Mobayo, while frowning at the act, appeals to members of the public to always partner and support the Police and other Security agencies especially in intelligence gathering that will assist in getting the Society rid of criminal elements.

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