The Oyo State Police Command has arrested the suspected killers of US-based hotelier, Olugbenga Owolabi and final year student of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, (LAUTECH) Ogbomoso, Rachel Opadele.
The victims were kidnapped on July 29, 2022,at Aba area of Ogbomoso and later killed by their abductors in August after payment of the N5 million ransom.
Parading the the suspects before newsmen at the Police Headquarters, Eleyele, Ibadan, on Thursday, December 22, 2022, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP. Adewale Osifeso, said that they were arrested after kidnapping another victim, one Alhaji Waheed Hameed, a Cattle dealer on September 16.
Osifeso said the suspected kidnappers, who have been terrorising people of Ogbomoso, intercepted and attack Hameed at a desolate spot, while armed with AK-47 Riffles and other dangerous weapons and later whisked their victim away into a thick forest.
He said that the suspects later contacted the victim’s relative and demanded for N1 million ransom before he could be released.
