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The Osun State Police Command has arrested three suspected kidnappers, Barri Galadima, Muhammadu Abdullahi and Hussain Abdullah, for trying to abduct one Alhaji Idris Aliu.
The state Commissioner of Police, CP Kehinde Longe, who confirmed the arrest on Sunday, April 9, 2023, mentioned the Anti-Kidnapping Squad of the command, arrested the suspects of their hideout at a distant village in Oyo State after a tip-off.
The abductors had been mentioned to have earlier kidnapped Aliu’s brother and nonetheless shot him after amassing N4 million ransom from the household. They tried to do the identical to Aliu earlier than nemesis caught up with them.
Earlier than their arrest, the suspects and different accomplices numbering about 30, had been mentioned to have engaged operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping Squad in a fierce gun duel resulting in harm of 1 police officer earlier than being arrested.
The remainder of the abductors managed to retreat and flee. The wounded police officer is alleged to be receiving medical consideration and is now in a secure situation.
Talking in Osogbo, the CP assured that the suspects would face the complete wrath of the regulation and that their fleeing colleagues could be apprehended and prosecuted very quickly.
In an interview, two of the suspects, Galadima and Abdullahi confessed to the crime whereas the third suspect, Hussaini, who’s a Seriki Fulani in Afijio Native Authorities space of Oyo state denied his involvement.
“Actually, it’s the offence of kidnapping, this man Barrister Galadima, met Sarki, who gave him quite a lot of one man who could be a superb goal to kidnap. At the moment I didn’t know the person, even now I don’t know him, but it surely was Sarki that gave Barri the quantity,” Abdullahi mentioned.
Additionally, Galadima mentioned “We deliberate a kidnapping operation and referred to as one man, we continued calling him, demanding for a ransom however he didn’t give us. We then threatened to kidnap him if he did not pay us a ransom. However earlier than we may kidnap him, the Authorities got here and apprehended us.”
