The men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Ogun State Police Command, have arrested five suspected members of a kidnapping syndicate terrorising the residents of the state.
Among them was an ex-soldier, Akinyele Jaiyesinmi. Others are Adeyinka Olusoji, Gbadamosi Dada, Taiwo Ayoola and Sulaiman Kalejaiye.
Parading the suspects on Thursday, the Police Commissioner, Ikemefuna Okoye, said the arrest was a breakthrough for the command and a setback for the syndicate, which he said had been responsible for the recent spate of kidnappings in Ijebu area.
He said: “These five members of the syndicate that is responsible for the recent spate of kidnappings in the state have confessed that they are responsible for all of them.”
He said the SARS led by Mohammed Tijani had placed the syndicate on surveillance shortly after the Ojude Oba festival, and swooped on their hideout at Ijebu Ode on Monday 10 November 2014, adding; “They opened fire on our men when they got to their hideout. A shootout ensued and four members of the syndicate, including a woman fell to the superior firepower of our men.
