Police, vigilantes arrest 3 suspected kidnappers disguising as herdsmen inside Ekiti forest

The Ekiti State Police Command has said it has arrested three herdsmen suspected to be members of a kidnap gang reportedly terrorizing the horizon deep inside a forest in the state.

The command spokesman, DSP Sunday Abutu, disclosed this in a statement yesterday.

DSP Abutu noted in the statement that the suspects were arrested inside a deep forest by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad in collaboration with local vigilantes.

He said: “As part of the deliberate effort of the Command to get the State rid of kidnappers and other criminal elements, the operatives of the Rapid Response Squad, in collaboration with the vigilantes, trailed and arrested three(3) suspected kidnappers inside a deep forest in Ijan-Ekiti.

“The arrested suspects – Abdullahi Musa, 38, Abdullahi Ali, 25, and Abdullahi Suleiman, 19, during interrogation, confessed to have been engaged in series of kidnapping operations in Ekiti State including two kidnapping incidents in Ikere-Ekiti.

“The suspects further disclosed their syndicate comprises seven(7) men with four others currently at large. Effort is ongoing for the possible arrest of the fleeing suspects.”

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