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Oyo State Police Command have arrest a suspected kidnapper, and rescued five victims in Ibadan.
The rescued victims were said to be on transit to Warri before they all slept off shortly after their take off from Lagos Commercial Motor Park before they suddenly woke up and realised they were in Ibadan.
The command said that on 29th June, 2021 at about 1200hrs, precedent distress call received from a concerned citizen about a suspected abduction incidence which lead to the arrest of one Emekume Augustine ‘m’ age 38 years a commercial driver, staffed at Dominion Park Management Lagos State, driving a white colored Sienna SUV, with Reg. No. GGE 61 GX, who left the park with three (3) male and two (2) female passengers supposedly enroute Warri, Delta State.
The command maintained that the victims however attested to have all slept off at some point and surprisingly woke-up to the discovery that they were in an unknown location in Oyo State, from where they started raising an alarm, demanding an explanation from the driver which resulted to the driver driving recklessly as against stopping.
The command stated that upon receipt of this information the Anti-Kidnapping Squad of the Command in collaboration with other alerted citizens, gave the vehicle a hot chase resulting to the arrest of the suspect and rescue of the victims along Odo-Ona Elewe Area, Ibadan.
The command maintained that Intensive investigation has since commenced and promises to be fact revealing.
Soliciting support of the people of the state in partnering with the police in dislodging criminal elements from their abode and destabilizing criminal network, the Commissioner of Police, Oyo state command, CP Ngozi Onadeko,assured the citizens in the state of the command’s preparedness in curbing crime and criminality in the state with a view to boosting the already existing atmosphere of peace and tranquility enjoyed by all and sundry.
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