A suspected kidnapper and youngster trafficker, Tayo Adeleke, had confessed to the Ogun State Police Command how he and different members of his gang had been kidnapping youngsters to promote in neighbouring Benin Republic.
PUNCH On-line reviews that Adeleke is at the moment within the police web, the place he’s being interrogated over an try he made with two different males, now at massive, to steal youngsters at Omu Pempe neighborhood in Obafemi-Owode Native Authorities Space of Ogun State on Tuesday.
It was gathered that the suspects had stormed the Baptist church in Omu Pempe round 2 am with a motorbike.
Their mission, it was learnt, was to steal youngsters from the church and promote them within the Republic of Benin.
Nevertheless, an operative of the So-Secure Corps had obtained a misery name, which she shared with the Divisional Police Officer within the space.
“When the three males have been challenged about their mission within the village, they might not give any cogent rationalization as they tried to flee,” it was learnt from a supply.
The Ogun State police spokesperson, Omolola Odutola, whereas confirming the incident to PUNCH Metro, disclosed that Adeleke, a 25-year-old man, was apprehended with the joint effort of the police, the So-Secure Corps and different vigilante teams within the mentioned neighborhood, at the same time as his colleagues escaped via the bush.
In accordance with Odutola, the suspect confessed throughout interrogation that, “they got here to the neighborhood to kidnap youngsters. He mentioned they’ve a syndicate and so they have been kidnapping youngsters and promoting them to the Republic of Benin. We’ve arrested one and he would assist in bringing others to ebook.”
Odutola informed our correspondent that kidnappers have noticed that the command has taken cost of the highways in Ogun and they’re now attempting to enter communities to function.
“Going into communities to kidnap is the brand new pattern now. We’ve taken over the highways in Ogun. You will notice policemen on the highway now. However the kidnappers have gotten into the inside villages to start out disturbing them. We are going to get them, we’re going again to the drafting board. Criminals don’t have any place on this state.
“So, we’re calling on our conventional rulers and our neighborhood leaders within the State to determine like an inner safety to barricade the entry and exit factors to their communities; and provides safety brokers the mandatory data to help the safety of lives and property. Villagers can simply determine strangers of their communities, so they need to assist the police. Thank God this was a foiled one.
“The Ogun State Command beneath the Commissioner of Police, CP Abiodun Alamutu, is not going to relent till criminals are flushed out of Ogun, wherever they’re,” Odutola added.