Four arrested for kidnapping 13-year-old Ogun girl, demanding N.5m ransom
Published 12 May 2021
Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested four members of a kidnap syndicate for abducting a 13-year-old girl in the Onipanu area of the Ado-Odo-Ota Local Government Area of the state.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday.
Oyeyemi said the suspects, John Nelson, 21; Adeleke Ayotunde, 29; Adekunle Basit, 20; and Abbey Fagbemi, 20, were arrested following a complaint lodged at the Onipanu Divisional Police Headquarters by the father of the victim, Adejuwon Odunowo, who complained that his daughter was sent on an errand by her mother around 6.30pm last Thursday, but she did not return home.
They were arrested following a complaint lodged at the Onipanu Divisional Headquarters by one Adejuwon Odunowo; the father of the victim.
The complainant told the police that his daughter, Susan Odunowo, was sent on an errand by her mother at about 6.pm on May 6, and that she did not return home.
He said he later got a call from someone who demanded N500,000 ransom to set the victim free.
The spokesman of the police, Abimbola Oyeyemi, told newsmen on Tuesday in Abeokuta that following the report, the DPO of Onipanu, CSP Bamidele Job, detailed his detectives to unravel those behind the act.
The suspects Four kidnappers have been arrested by operatives of Ogun State Police Command in connection with the abduction of a 13-year-old girl in the Onipanu area of Ado Odo-Ota Local Government Area of the state. The suspects, John Nelson, Adeleke Ayotunde, Adekunle Basit and Abey Fagbemi, were arrested following a complaint lodged at the Onipanu Police station by one Adejunwon Odunowo, who reported that her daughter, Susan Odunowo, who was sent on an errand by her mother at about 6:30p.m. on May 6, 2021, did not return home. He claimed in his report that he later received an anonymous phone call, where the sum of N500,000 was demanded as a ransom if he wanted to see his daughter again.
Police have arrested four kidnappers in Ogun State for kidnapping a 13-year-old girl in the Onipanu area of Ado Odo Ota Local Government Area of the state.
The four suspects are John Nelson, 21yrs, Adeleke Ayotunde 29yrs, Adekunle Basit 20yrs, and Abey Fagbemi 20yrs.
In a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, the suspects were arrested following a complaint lodged at Onipanu divisional headquarters.
“The father of the 13yrs old victim Susan Odunowo, Adejuwon Odunowo said his daughter was sent on an errand by her mother at about 6:30 p.m. of 6th of May 2021 but didn’t return home,” he said
Daily Post Nigeria
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Six kidnap kingpins responsible for kidnappings in Gwagwalada and Kwali Council Areas of Abuja, the Nigeria capital, have been arrested.
Security agencies consider the arrest a major breakthrough in the fight against insecurity in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The Police Command, according to PRNigeria, arrested the suspects at different locations after intelligence gathering.
A senior operative involved in the operation, disclosed that the dens the criminals keep hostages pending payment of ransom were also discovered.
“After undertaking surveillance and intelligence gathering, the special anti-kidnapping squad of the police command successfully arrested six suspects”, the officer said.