THREE SUSPECTED KIDNAPPERS ARRESTED
“They have succeeded in stealing 8 children from different locations across Ogun State and sold them to their prospective buyers in Anambra State consequent upon which the Command launched serious manhunt for members of the syndicate”, he said.
The spokesman said anti-kidnapping/Cultist Unit who were given the mandate to crack the syndicate embarked on high technical investigation which paid off when the principal suspect one Mary Paul was tracked to Ondo State where she is presently on trial and remanded in prison custody.
“Through synergy with Ondo Command, relevant information was extracted, and that led to the arrest of three other members of the gang who were directly involved in stealing of eight children across Ogun State and three out of those children were subsequently recovered from them”
Penpushing further reports that, the police spokesman gave identities of the suspects as include; Kate Njoku ‘f’, Joy Okorie ‘f’ and Onyeka Joseph ‘m’ adding that one of the children recovered from them ‘’Temidayo Ajayi” who was abducted with his brother in Sagamu since July 2018 has been reunited with his parent, while efforts are on to recover his brother from the gang.
The Public Relations Offcer added,”the suspects have all made useful statements to the Police on how they stole the children and sold them to their accomplices in Anambra State
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police Bashir Makama* has ordered a thorough investigation of the case with the view to bring other members of the syndicate to book. He equally appealed to parents to take the security of their children serious by not leaving their wards to the care of a total stranger.
