THE Kwara State Police Command yesterday paraded four persons for alleged kidnapping in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital.
It said the suspects had allegedly been kidnapping people at Omu-Aran in Irepodun Local Government.
The suspects are Musa Kadir, Isah Salihu, Suleiman Abubakar and Abdullahi Babatunde, all of Rore village.
Police spokesman Ajayi Okasanmi said the suspected kidnappers were arrested after they abducted a Sarikin Fulani, Aliyu Harande, at Omu-Aran.
He said the victim was kidnapped while praying in a mosque behind his home.
Okasanmi added that the suspects were arrested by the command’s anti-kidnapping team, which he said, swung into action after a tip-off on the incident.
He said the suspects, from whom the police recovered a vehicle and guns, allegedly confessed to have been responsible for kidnappings at Omu-Aran.
The police spokesman said the case was still under investigation, as efforts were on to arrest the leader of the gang.
He said three suspected cult members were arrested at Oke-Oyi on the outskirts of Ilorin.
According to him, the suspects, whom he described as members of the Eiye confraternity, were nabbed when they were forcefully initiating members. Items, such as an axe, relics and charms were recovered from them.
Okasanmi said the police also arrested five suspects in connection with armed robberies at Gaa-Akanbi and Amayo Ganmo in Ilorin.
Source: THE NATION
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