Oyo
state Police command has rescued 78 year old man Chairman of Bond Group
of Companies in Oyo state, Chief Adebowale Omotosho, from a kidnappers
den in Ajia village in Egbeda Local Governement Area of Oyo state after
he was abducted by a kidnapping syndicate led by a woman at his
residence in Gaa area of Awe in Oyo state on March 4th.
The
gang led by 32 year old Bisi Babatunde who has been on the wanted list
of the police in Rivers State and her other gang members-Laide Shittu
(28), Ajayi Olaniyi (40), Isiaka Kazeem, Alabi Olufemi, Oladipupo
Abayomi and Ayobami Musa (23), had kidnapped the 78 year old man and
demanded a ransom of $1 million from his family who were able
pay N10 million to the kidnappers.
The kidnappers collected the money and demanded for more. This prompted the family to immediately invite the police into the matter who were able to track the kidnappers to their den and got them arrested on Tuesday March 10th.
The kidnappers collected the money and demanded for more. This prompted the family to immediately invite the police into the matter who were able to track the kidnappers to their den and got them arrested on Tuesday March 10th.
The man that was rescued |
Leader of the gang |
“After
about a week of coordinated efforts to rescue the victim, with the
launching of Operation Whirlwind, officers and men of Oyo State Police
Command engaged the hoodlums in a very definite shootout from midnight
to dawn. As a result of our
resilience, the defence line of the hoodlums was weakened and they all
ran helter-skelter with a remarkable degree of bullet wounds, leaving
behind their victim in a house. We arrested seven of them, while two
escaped with bullet wounds, leaving a trail of blood,” the police
commissioner said.
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