By Gbemiga Olamikan.
A combined team of the Police, NSCDC, Amotekun, O.P.C and Local Hunters embarked on a bush combing operation through Oke-Osun, Ikere/Igbo-Okah to the thick forest around Iju/Ikere boundary to flush out criminal elements especially kidnappers out of the State have arrested 5 suspected Kidnappers in the operation.
This was disclosed by Police Public Relations Officer, Ekiti State Command, DSP Abutu Sunday in a statement. He stated that during the Operation, five suspected kidnappers namely- Usman Jelili, Mohammed Bande, Abubakar Aliu, Isah Abudlahi and Suleiman Abudlahi were arrested.
DSP Abutu said during interrogation, the suspects claimed to be herdsmen but it was later discovered that none of them has a cattle and no cattle was found with them in the forest where they were arrested. Items found with them in the forest were two Motorcycles, one cutlass, one jack knife/ dagger and four phones.
