The Ondo State Police Command has arrested 31 persons allegedly involved in various criminal activities in the state.
The suspects were allegedly involved in robbery, kidnapping and murder, among others.
While parading the suspects at the police headquarters at Alagbaka, Akure, on Thursday, the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Oyeyemi Oyediran, said the suspects were arrested in different parts of the state.
According to him, the suspects included the abductors of a traditional ruler in Ikare Akoko, High Chief Mukaila Bello, who was kidnapped along with three others.
Oyediran said, “On August 4, 2022, around 6.30pm, based on the information received that a gang of kidnappers, numbering about seven, attacked a Toyota Corolla with number plate KAK 818 AE, at Ago-Yeye, along Ikare/Owo Road and four others were kidnapped and held hostage for three days in the bush.
“Upon the receipt of the complaint, men of the anti-kidnapping squad, in synergy with the Oyo State Police Command, swung into action, which led to the arrest of Ilyasu Lawal, 27; Mohammadu Sidi, 26; Garuba Bature, 36; Abubakar Dangy, 20, and Mohammed Mosere, 25.”
He stated that three guns, five live cartridges, two face masks and two jackknives, were recovered from them, while the suspects confessed to the crime.
The commissioner added that his men also arrested a suspect, Babatunde Adeoye, aka Para, believed to be a political party supporter, for allegedly shooting four people at a supermarket.
