Following the recent arrest of 2 members of a deadly kidnap gang at Onigbedu forest in Ewekoro local government area of Ogun State, which was as a result of aggressive bush combing exercise embarked upon by the operatives of the command in search of the escaped members of the gang, one of the fleeing suspects, Usman Aliyu, was on the 14th of December 2023 arrested by operatives.
The suspect was arrested following information received by policemen at Ewekoro divisional headquarters that the suspect was sighted taking a commercial motorcycle in Onigbedu area moving towards Papalanto en route to Lagos.
Upon the information, the operatives mobilized on stop and search along that road and the suspect was subsequently identified and promptly arrested.
The suspect confessed been a member of the kidnap gang, whose two members were earlier arrested and a victim rescued from them. He stated that they were Six in number and that when two amongst them were apprehended, the other members ran into different directions in the forest.
He further confessed that it was their gang that was responsible for the kidnap of one Owolabi Abiodun and one Fakorede Kazeem at Kipe village, Idi ori Abeokuta on the 7th of October 2022, but Fakorede Kazeez was killed by the gang because he was unable to walk fast while they were being taken away in the bush.
The gang according to him also kidnapped the duo of Adekunle Esther, 10yr old and Adekunle Adebayo 25yrs at Olomowewe street, rounder, Abeokuta on the 10th of October 2022.
He confessed further that, on the 19th of October 2022, the gang also kidnapped one Mrs Famurewa at Abule-ijaiye coyote Abeokuta at the entrance of thier house after killing her 65years old husband, one Festus Famurewa and later released the wife after collecting ransom.
