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The police in Ogun have told how three staffers of Lafia Hospital, in Ibadan, were rescued from kidnappers who abducted them along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on July 23.
NewsmakersNG learnt that a team, deployed by the Commissioner of Police (CP) Bashir Makama, led by his deputy in charge of operations, DCP Edward Awolowo Ajogun, was mandated to rescue the victims unhurt and bring the perpetrators to book.
According to Ogun State police spokesman, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the team embarked on technical and forensic investigation and the kidnappers’ hideout was geo-located within Fidiwo/Onigari forest along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
Oyeyemi said that the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, also supported the team with a helicopter with which the area viewed was properly surveyed.
He said, “Having located the hoodlums’ hideout, the place was smoked through the chopper, which left the hoodlums with no other alternatives than to hurriedly push out their victims from captivity. It was there and then we discovered that apart from three persons abducted on the 23rd of July, another four persons were abducted on the 24th but not reported.
“In all, seven victims were successfully rescued on the 27th of July 2019, and they have all been reunited with their families.
“One suspect who is strongly believed to have taken part in the kidnap saga was arrested and he is currently assisting the police in our investigation.
“To further rid the area of criminal activities, a comprehensive intelligence-based raid was carried out in all the surrounding forests as well as the vulnerable points in the area where about 40 suspects were arrested with all sort of illicit drugs. They are all being investigated and whoever is culpable amongst them will be arraigned before a court of competent jurisdiction.”
Oyeyemi added that the Command would not rest on its oars in order to ensure that crime and criminality become things of the past in the Gateway State.
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