Suspected kidnapper of military personnel arrested in Ogun

By BASHIR ADEFAKA

Suspected kidnapper of a military officer was on the 17th of July 2021 arrested by operatives of Ogun State Police Command at Odo Pako, Ota, in Ado Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State.

The suspect, Waliu Oloyede, was arrested following a distress call received by the DPO Sango Ota Divisional Headquarters, CSP Godwin Idehai, that vigilante men were having issues with an Army officer at Odo Pako area of Ota.

This was disclosed by DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in a statement copy of which was sent to The DEFENDER Monday night.

Upon the report, the PPRO said, the DPO led his team to the scene where the suspect, who dressed in full military camouflage uniform with the rank of W/O2 but could not give satisfactory account of himself, was apprehended and brought to the station.

The suspect, who was said to have attempted to snatch a dane gun from a vigilante man, on interrogation was unable to give account of how he got the military uniform, or address of the unit where he is serving, hence he was detained for impersonation.

“While in detention, police got an information that the suspect and others at large abducted W/o2 military officer at about 11:30 pm of 16th July 2021 and took him to their hideout in Alagbado Lagos State where he was stripped off his uniform, collected his identity card, his three ATM cards and phone before the victim escaped from them.

“It was their victim uniform the suspect put on to commit another crime before he was arrested,” the statement said.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Edward Awolowo Ajogun, has ordered the transfer of the suspect to anti-kidnapping unit of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID) for further investigation.

The CP also ordered a massive manhunt for his other accomplice with a view to bringing them to justice, the statement said.