The police in Ogun have arrested four suspected kidnappers of a 75-year-old woman, Wuraola Shittu.
Shittu was kidnapped at Ibiade farm settlement in Ijebu Waterside on March 14.
Towei Eduh, 31, Bikaramobowi, 17, Saturday Oti, 31 and Paymaster Efigga 30, all Ijaws from Arogbo in Ondo State, were apprehended by men of the state’s anti-kidnapping squad.
It was gathered that the kidnappers invaded the settlement around 8pm and whisked the woman away.
She was released several days after the kidnap after her family allegedly paid ransom.
However, the police were said to have been on the trail of the criminals, who were eventually caught while on their way to Epe in Lagos to kodnap another victim.
According to the command’s spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), the suspects had assorted charms, masks and other dangerous weapons in their custody.
He said: “Their kingpin, who they simply call ROY, is still on the run. Effort is on to get him arrested. Commissioner of Police Ahmed Iliyasu who commended the team on the arrest of the suspects, vowed that the state would not be conducive for kidnappers and other criminals.”
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