LAGOS AUGUST 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ondo State Police Command on Monday said it had arrested three suspects in connection with the abduction of members of staff of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko.
The victims, Mr Omoniyi Eleyinmi, who is a faculty officer of the Faculty of Education of the AAUA, was abducted, and another man, whose identity has not been confirmed, was kidnapped some days ago at the Supare-Akoko Community in Akoko South-West Local Council Area of the state.
According to a source, Eleyinmi was abducted by the hoodlums as he was entering his residence while coming from work. The source added that the victim’s wife, who had stepped out to welcome her husband, escaped by the whiskers as the bandits were shooting sporadically into the air to scare anybody around the vicinity.
Another source also disclosed that the kidnappers had contacted the victim’s family on Thursday and demanded the ransom but they had earlier contacted the family on Wednesday and allowed the victim’s wife to speak with him briefly.
The victims, however, were set free by their abductors on Sunday but the source disclosed that the family paid an undisclosed amount of money as ransom before they were released at the Ago Panu area of Owo Local Government Area.
It was gathered that the men of the state police command swung into action and arrested three suspects in the bush while they were sharing the money paid as ransom.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Olayinka Ayanlade, confirmed the arrest of the suspects, saying an investigation into the matter had begun while the money recovered from the suspects had been taken to the anti-kidnapping unit of the command.
He said, “I can confirm to you that our operatives arrested three suspected kidnappers in connection with the kidnapping of two AAUA staffers. The suspects are currently undergoing profiling and interrogation.
“Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Ondo State Police Command, Adebowale Lawal, has directed the suspects and all exhibit recovered to be transferred to the anti-kidnapping squad for discreet and thorough investigation.”
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