Eight suspected members of a high-profile, serial kidnapping syndicate, have been arrested at Omo Ijesa village in Osun State.
The Osun State Police Command disclosed this on Sunday in a statement issued by its spokesperson, SP Opalola Yemisi.
The Command said the arrest was consequent upon some credible intelligence it received on the syndicate.
She said the suspects were involved in the kidnap of a 65-year-old, Akiishi Catherine in Benue State, thus necessitating the Commissioner of Police, CP Olawale Olokode, to lead the operation.
Read her: “Prior to the arrest, Police investigations revealed that the suspects relocated to Osun State after the kidnap of the woman as a deceptive tactics to avoid arrest by the Police in Benue State.
“The suspects have also planned to use Osun State as a safe haven for the negotiation and collection of ransom even after murdering the woman in cold blood.”
The police authorities identified the suspects as Orikashima David, Teryange Demenogo, Terngu Tortindi, Anawuese Akough, Mbalumulum Kaorga, Comfort Terdoo, Michael Msendoo and Aondoaseer Terver, all Tivs from Benue State.
The suspects were said to have murdered the kidnap victim in Benue State before relocating to Osun State.
The police spokesperson said the suspects disclosed to the police team how they had murdered three other victims in their previous operations.
She said they would be handed over to the Benue State Police Command as soon as preliminary investigations were concluded.
Reacting to the incident, the police commissioner commended operatives of the command for a job well done, reassuring Osun citizens that there would be no hiding places for criminals in the state.
He said that the new policing vision of the Inspector General of Police, Ag. IGP Usman Alkali Baba, was already assisting the command in redefining its strategies toward combating crimes in the state.
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