Ogun So-Safe Corps nabs two suspected kidnappers, rescues victim

Etim Ekpimah

So-Safe Corps has arrested two suspected kidnappers and rescued a victim in Ogun State.

It was learnt that the arrest of the suspects, was a sequel to a distress call received by the So-Safe Corps Patrol Team, on the 20th of January, 2023 that one Cattle Rearer, identified as Oseni was being kidnapped at Olorunda-Lukosi, Iro, Owode-Egba Local Government Area on the 19th January, 2023 between 10 pm, whilst rearing cows.

The state Commander of So-Safe Corps under the leadership of Commander (Dr) Soji Ganzallo in a statement issued through the office of the Director of information and Public Relations of the Corps, Assistant Commander Moruf Yusuf, said the said kidnappers immediately dispossessed their victim of N130,000 with the documents of his motorcycle.

The statement read: “Along the line, the suspected Kidnappers demanded N4,000,000 ransom before they could release their victim known as Oseni.

“The victim’s family agreed to pay the said ransom, without the knowledge of the suspected kidnappers that they will fail.

“However, the So-Safe Corps Patrol Team’s timely response led to the arrest of two suspected kidnappers, whilst others at large, despite the intensive combing of the location.”

Ganzallo further said that the arrested kidnappers are Mohammed Lawale, aged 20 years, from the Sharagi area of Karaoke.

The other suspected kidnapper identified as Sarafa Asimiu, aged 25 Years, of Oke-Aje, Ibadan, resident of Amusa Yusuf house.

Ganzallo, thereafter, concluded that after preliminary interrogation of the suspected Kidnappers, the suspects and the rescued victim unhurt had been handed over to the Nigeria Police, Iro Post.