Osun State Police Command have nabbed a two-men kidnap team in Ile-Ife for kidnapping a man in the ancient town.
Speaking to newsmen on Tuesday, the public relations officer of the Command, SP Yemisi Opalola said the two men had raided a Fulani resident in the state where they kidnapped a man. But they were subsequently overpowered and arrested after a gun dwell.
“The Osun Police Command in its struggle not to make the state a safe haven for criminal elements to hibernate; have arrested two suspected kidnappers.
“The fact of the case is that, on Sunday, at about 11:30a.m, a complainant made a report at ‘C’ Division, Aganhun, Ile-Ife that some suspected kidnappers came to Fulani settlement, Erefe Area, Ondo Road, Ile-Ife at about 12:15a.m and kidnapped one Muhammed Gembu.
“Immediately the police received the report, detectives swung into action and arrested two suspects, after a gun duel, with one of them fatally wounded and another escaping.
“The kidnapped victim was however, rescued unhurt with the assistance of Fulani vigilante in the community,” Opalola explained.
She added that the suspects will be charged to court.
