As the fight against crime intensifies, the Ekiti state police command has arrested three (3) suspected kidnappers terrorizing residents in Ekiti state.
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According to a press release signed by DSP Sunday Abutu, the Ekiti state Police Public Relations Officer, the kidnap sindicates were apprehended within the forest of Ijan-Ekiti.
The statement reads;
“As part of the deliberate effort of the Command to get the State rid of kidnappers and other criminal elements, the operatives of the Rapid Response Squad, in collaboration with the vigilantes, trailed and arrested three(3) suspected kidnappers inside a deep forest in Ijan-Ekiti.
The arrested suspects – ABDULLAHI MUSA ’38yrs’, ABDULLAHI ALI ’25yrs’ and ABDULLAHI SULEIMAN ’19yrs’, during interrogation, confessed to have been engaged in series of kidnapping operations in Ekiti State including two kidnapping incidents in Ikere-Ekiti.
The suspects further disclosed their syndicate comprises seven(7) men with four others currently at large. Effort is ongoing for the possible arrest of the fleeing suspects.
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