A suspected member of a kidnapping gang, Usman Aliyu, has been arrested by the police in Ogun State. Earlier, the police had arrested two members of the
Operatives of the Ogun State police command have arrested a member of a notorious six-man kidnap gang who escaped into the Onigbedu forest in the Ewekoro Local government area of the state. Two members of the gang were earlier arrested. The gang reportedly kidnapped one Owolabi Abiodun and one Fakorede Kazeem at Kipe village, Idi Ori Abeokuta on October 7, 2022. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP, Abimbola Oyeyemi disclosed this in a statement on Sunday.
The Ogun State-owned security outfit, Community, Social Orientation and Safety Corps (So-Safe Corps) got two kidnap suspects arrested in the early hours
A civic group, the Centre for Democracy and Socio-Economic Rights (CEDESER) has called on Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State to suspend all political campaigns and pay serious attention to the alarming rate of kidnapping, banditry and land grabbing in parts of the state. The group made the call in a release on Tuesday titled: "Dapo Abiodun: Suspend all political campaign Ogun and face the spate of kidnapping and the activities of Ajagungbales/ Land grabbers in Ewekoro LGA.”