The Kwara State Commissioner of Police (CP), Victor Olaiya, on Sunday, said seven suspected kidnappers and over N1 million recovered during an assault in a forest raid in Ifelodun LGA.
He gave the names of the suspects as: “Umaru Mohammed (Yellow), Mohammed Mohammed (Kerimi), Garuba Abubakar, Ilaisu Usman, Ibrahim Abubakar, Usman Haruna and Umaru Bello, alias Informant, with a cash sum of N1,736,000 recovered during a search of their hideouts.”
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Olaiya, in a statement on Sunday, said the rise in the wave of kidnapping in the state lately led to the formation on 1/11/2023 of a powerful police team.
He said, “The team comprises men drawn from the counter-terrorism unit, anti-robbery, anti-kidnapping, anti-cultism, anti-narcotic, Explosive Ordnance Department (EOD), Police Mobile Force (PMF) and police medical.”
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