The police have announced the arrest of two additional suspects in the kidnapping of the wife of a former Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Hakeem Odumosu.
In a statement issued on Friday at the Force Headquarters in Abuja, Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi disclosed that the suspects are 27-year-old Agbojule Smart, and Keleke Michael, 30.
Taking to its Facebook page, the police added that two locally fabricated rifles, 11 live cartridges and N2.25 million were recovered from the suspects.
“In response to the directive of the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, Ph.D., NPM., to go after the fleeing suspects in connection to the kidnap of the wife of retired Assistant-Inspector General, AIG Hakeem Odumosu, Mrs Odumosu, the operatives of the Lagos State CP Special Squad have apprehended 2 suspects identified as Agbojule Smart ‘m’, 27 years and Keleke Michael ‘m’, 30 years.
“Recovered from the suspects upon their arrest was the sum of Two Million, Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira (N2,250,000), which was part of the requested ransom, 2 locally fabricated rifles, and 11 live cartridges,” the statement reads in part.
Adejobi said IGP Egbetokun lauded the operatives “for their gallantry in apprehending these suspects and encourages them to maintain this high standard of competence in the fight against crime in all its manifestations.”