Suspects Who Took N3m Ransom From Kidnapped Nursing Mother Apprehended

The Ogun State Police Command has apprehended two men Jato Abu Bello and Muhammad Suleiman, who allegedly kidnapped a nursing mother and collected a ransom of N3m in Abeokuta.

The victim, Salimot Ajibola who was kidnapped in front of her husband’s house around Rounder, Abeokuta, was freed after the payment of N3 million ransom.

The Ogun State police image maker, Abimbola Oyeyemi, revealed that the suspects were apprehended in the wee hours of Saturday morning.

Their hideout, at the Rounder area of Abeokuta, was stormed by the police in conjunction with men of Ilupeju and Lafenwa divisions to get them arrested.

“The suspects have confessed being the gang that kidnapped one Ajibola Salimot Adejoke, who they traced and abducted in her house at Oke-Ode area, off Ayetoro road, Abeokuta on the 17th of February 2022,” Oyeyemi said.

The police revealed that the suspects were arrested over their roles in the series of kidnap cases in recent time.”

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, has directed that other members of the syndicate must be hunted.