The Ekiti State Police Command said on Monday that operatives of its Rapid Response Squad had arrested three suspected kidnappers terrorising part of the state. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Moronkeji Adesina, said the RRS operatives in collaboration with men of the vigilante group, nabbed the suspected kidnappers inside a deep forest in Ijan Ekiti in Gbonyin Local Government Area of the state. A statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, Ekiti State Command, Sunday Abutu, titled, ‘Ekiti Police Command arrests three for kidnapping,’ listed the suspects as 38 years old Musa, 25 years old Ali, and 19 years old Suleiman. Abutu stated, “As part of the deliberate efforts of the Command to rid the state of kidnappers and other criminal elements, the operatives of the RRS, in collaboration with vigilantes, trailed and arrested three suspected kidnappers inside a deep forest in Ijan-Ekiti. “The arrested suspects, during interrogation, confessed to have been engaged in series of kidnapping operations in the state including two kidnapping incidents in Ikere Ekiti.

Source: Punch July 11, 2022 19:26 UTC