Suspected Kidnapper Selling Children in Benin Republic, Arrested in Ogun

A suspected member of a kidnapping gang which specialized in kidnapping of children and sell them in Benin Republic, has been arrested in Ogun state.

The suspect, Tayo Adeleke was arrested when members of the gang attempted to kidnap children at Omu Vpempe Village in the Obafemi Owode Local Government Area.

Police say that members of the gang riding on motorcycles, invaded the Baptist Church in the village, at 2 am with the mission of kidnapping children.

Spokesperson of the state police command, Omolola Odutola, said the suspect was arrested in the process, by police, so safe and vigilante officers, while two other members escaped into the forest.

Odutola said the suspect during interrogation confessed that he belongs to a gang which kidnapped children and take them across the border into Benin Republic, for sale.

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The police spokesperson said kidnappers have observed that the command has taken over highways in the state, and they are now going into communities to operate.

Odutola said that kidnappers have observed that the command has taken charge of the highways in Ogun and they are now trying to go into communities to operate.

So, we are calling on our traditional rulers, our community leaders in the state, to establish an internal security to barricade the entry and exit points to their communities and give security agents the necessary information to aid the security of lives and property.

Villagers can easily identify strangers in their communities, they should help the police. Thank God this was a foiled one.

The Ogun State Command under the Commissioner of Police, CP Abiodun Alamutu, would not relent until criminals are flushed out of Ogun, wherever they are.