Ogun Shape Police Command on Friday stated that it has arrested a seven-man gang that specialized in kidnapping and killing their sufferers nearest amassing ransom from their family members.
This workforce operates inside of Ijebu-Igbo and environs in Ijebu North Native Govt Branch of the environment.
Two contributors of the crowd, Chukwuma Bathlomew elderly 40 and Igwe Sunday elderly 42 had been reportedly arrested and paraded terminating moment future 31-year-old Ifeanyi Mathias, Anayo Simeon elderly 28 and Ayo Adedayo, 46 had been lately arrested.
Others had been Chibueze Odah 41, Ejiofor Nwali elderly 35, 22-year-old Eke Peter, Monday Paul elderly 24 and 37-year-old Chukwuma Zainab.
The environment Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alamutu, disclosed this at a press convention held on the command’s headquarters, Eleweran, Abeokuta, the environment capital, on Friday.
Alamutu stated stated that on July 28, 2023 at about 1am in Ojowo segment of Ijebu-Igbo, the armed males invaded the home of 1 Raheem Azeez and robbed him and his spouse, Raheem Afolashade in their valuables.
He stated, “The armed males nearest was at some other space belonging to at least one Oluwaseun Oworu Samuel ‘m’ and shot him with a gun throughout the window ahead of they’ve get right of entry to to his space, and robbed him of his POS device, recharge playing cards, money and alternative valuables.
“The armed robbers left the victim in his pool of blood. Oluwaseun Oworu Samuel ‘m’ was later taken to Babcock University Hospital for medical attention but he died on August 4, 2023 at the hospital. His corpse was deposited at the morgue for autopsy.”
The CP stated that in a similar fashion, on Octobe 2, 2023 at about 1:30am at Egbe segment, Oke Sopen, Ijebu Igbo, the similar gang stormed the home of Adegbenga Adeniran and abducted his daughter, one Elizabeth Adeniran elderly 17 and took her to an unknown vacation spot.
The commissioner stated, “The abductors nearest amassed N3.1m as ransom via an account belonging to overdue Oluwaseun Oworu Samuel ‘m’ that was once shot previous at his place of dwelling.
In spite of amassing ransom, the kidnappers nonetheless went forward to execute the younger lady and dumped her corpse in a smartly at Oke-Agbo segment, Ijebu-Igbo.
Alamutu stated that on November 11, 2023 at about 10:10pm, , the similar armed gang struck once more attacking the standard ruler of Aparaki Ijebu, Prof Julius Niyi Benedict, robbed him and his spouse, Abigael Olubunmi in their telephones, and alternative valuables.
They had been stated to have nearest shot the standard ruler and abducted his spouse nearest which they transferred N15,050 from the account of the abducted sufferer to the account of overdue Oluwaseun Oworu.
The abductors nearest connect indisposed the sufferer, and unwanted her throughout the woodland however she nearest escaped unharmed and reunited along with her nation.
The CP defined additional that on November 23, 2023 at about 9:30pm, in the back of Abusi Edumare Academy Faculty, Ijebu Igbo, the crowd had been once more at the rampage, kidnapping one Ogunyemi Femi at his place of dwelling and took him to an unknown vacation spot.
Alamutu stated that nearest amassing N3m ransom via the similar account belonging to overdue Oluwaseun Oworu, the abductors instead than liberating the sufferer, killed him and dumped his corpse in a shallow grave at Japara woodland, Ijebu-Igbo, however the corpse were recovered.
The commissioner stated that on February 27, 2024 at about 8:44pm, the crowd endured their operate as they accosted one Adedayo Kehinde Temitayo on the front of his space in Surulere, Ipojo Yellowish Property, Ijebu Ode.
The 4 armed reportedly robbed Adedayo and his spouse, Mojisola of cell phones and alternative valuables significance N1,069,000.
The police boss stated that “the armed males nearest kidnapped the complainant to an unknown vacation spot, and threw him throughout the smartly at Imope woodland in Ogun environment, nearest doing cut video recording of him at gun level compelling him to inform his nation to pay ransom of N10m.
“The armed males forwarded the video recording to the sufferer’s nation to coerce them to pay the ransom. The sufferer crawled out of the smartly and escaped miraculously.
“On March 1, 2024 at about 2014hrs, Mojisola Adedayo ‘f’ received notification from Facebook through her email that her password was just reset using the phone number +2349165594278 on her black Android phone that was earlier stolen by the armed men that kidnapped her husband”.
The CP not hidden additional that on March 12, 2024, at about 10:45pm, the crowd additionally attacked one Oladokun Mathew and his spouse, Bolanle along side their 5 kids simply as they had been arriving at their place of dwelling at Akandi side road, Awa Ijebu, Ogun environment.
The crowd, of their familiar modus of operandi abducted Oladokun’s spouse, amassed ransom afterwhich they killed the sufferer and dumped his corpse in a shallow grave at Awa-Ijebu.
Reveals recovered from them come with one blue Tecno Cammon telephone and 3 expended catridges.
Alamutu stated that the suspects can be charged to courtroom to reply to for his or her misdeeds as quickly the investigation about their illegality was once finished.