- The Kwara State Police Command assembled a specialized task force comprising members from various units
Seven individuals suspected of orchestrating the recent wave of kidnappings in Kwara South senatorial district have been apprehended by the police.
Their capture follows a series of troubling kidnapping incidents in Ora, Oke-Ode, and other regions within Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State.
The Kwara State Police Command assembled a specialized task force comprising members from various units, such as Counter Terrorism, Anti-Robbery, Anti-Kidnapping, Anti-Cultism, Anti-Narcotics, Explosive Ordinance Department (EOD), Police Mobile Force (PMF), and Police Medical.
This team was mandated to thoroughly search the forests in these identified areas, apprehend perpetrators, seize weapons, rescue victims, and eliminate criminal presence in the region.
The operation began on November 1, 2023, and yielded positive outcomes, including the arrests of seven suspected kidnappers identified as Umaru Mohammodu, aka Yellow, Mohammodu Mohammodu, aka Kerimi, Garuba Abubakar, Iliasu Usman, Ibraheem Abubakar, Usman Haruna, and their informant, Umaru Bello.
“A cash sum of N1, 736,000 was recovered during a search of their hideout,” Commissioner of Police Victor Olaiya disclosed in a statement issued in Ilorin on Saturday.
“This singular effort helped result in the lull experienced in the activities of these undesirable elements until the incident of November 10, 2023, which occurred at about 8:30 pm,” he said.
The Commissioner of Police avowed that the command’s team is hot on the heels of the criminals.
“Meanwhile, the seven suspects have been arraigned in court and are presently remanded in prison custody. Efforts are ongoing to apprehend the perpetrators of the recent unfortunate incident,” he added.
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