By Oludamisi Ojo
Men of the Osun State Police Command have arrested three Fulani suspected kidnapers, Barri Galadima, Muhammadu Abdullahi and Hussain Abdullah.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, CP Kehinde Longe also confirmed the arrest of the suspects.
The suspects were arrested by the command’s Anti-Kidnapping Squad in their hideout at a remote village in Oyo State.
The policemen voided the attempt by the kidnappers to abduct one Alhaji Idris Aliu who is also a Fulani man.
Two of the suspects, Galadima and Abdullahi confessed to the crime while the third suspect, Hussaini who is a Seriki Fulani in Afijio Local Government area of Oyo state denied his involveme
A relative of one of the victims, Yisa Aliu said the kidnappers abducted his brother and shot him while in captive despite the payment of ransome by the family.
Aliu said “we have had terrible experience in the hands of the kidnappers. They kidnapped my brother and shot him despite collecting N4million from us. They attended to kidnap my second brother Idrisu to collect money from us again. We ran to Seriki Toyin to help us. We reported to Anti-Kidnapping Policemen and they voided the attempt to kidnap Idrisu.”
During an exchange of fire between the policemen and the kidnappers, one of the policemen was shot.
The policeman was rushed to the hospital where he was treated and he was in stable condition at the time of filing this report.
One of the leaders of Fulani men in the state, Alhaji Sulaimon Oluwatoyin commended the Commissioner of Police, CP Kehinde Longe and his men for their prompt response and timely intervention.
CP Kehinde Longe assured the suspects would face the full wrath of the law and that their fleeing colleagues would be apprehended and prosecuted.
