- The suspects, who have since been arrested, reportedly fell asleep after taking hard drugs, giving their victims the chance to escape
Nemesis caught up with some suspected kidnappers terrorising Ondo State after they slept off during a kidnapping operation.
The five kidnappers slept off after abducting a pastor’s wife and two other persons in the South West State, the police said.
The suspects, who have since been arrested, reportedly fell asleep after taking hard drugs, giving their victims the chance to escape.
The suspects include Garuba Mumuni, 27; Yusuf Tale, 21; Kabiru Muhammed, 16, Shaibu Umar and Adamu Mohammed, 22.
The police disclosed that the suspects were arrested by men of the Ofosu Division after the victims identified one of them.
According to the police, “A case of kidnapping was reported at Ofosu Division, that a pastor’s wife and a member were kidnapped in the church while the third victim was kidnapped while picking snails on the farm.
“The victims, however, escaped from their assailants at different dates after they had taken hard drugs and slept off.
“Through intelligence, on May 1, 2024, five among the six kidnappers were arrested by men of Ofosu division and have been identified by the victims as part of the gang that abducted them.
The state Police Commissioner, Abayomi Oladipo, said the suspects would soon be charged to court.
Oladipo added that one Adetokunbo Adesina, who claimed to have been hired to kill over 500 persons, was also arrested after his last victim paid him N110,000