March 29, 2024

March 29, 2024

Police Burst Criminal Hideout, Rescue Kidnapped Victim

The police in Ogun State have rescued a kidnapped victim, Sheu Anafi, and arrested one suspect, Ibraheem Abubakar, during a raid of criminal hideout.

 

Operatives carried out raid on kidnappers’ den at Warewa on Saturday following complaint by a commercial driver whose passenger, Anafi, was kidnapped in the community.

 

It was gathered that the driver had conveyed seven passengers in his Ford vehicle with registration number LRN596ZY from Ilorin, Kwara State en route Lagos when they encountered traffic on the long bridge.

 

To escape the gridlock, the driver was said to have diverted into an untarred road beside the bridge only to be attacked by armed men midway into their journey.

All occupants of the vehicle were said to have fled into nearby bushes but when they eventually regrouped, Anafi was missing and feared kidnapped.

 

Confirming the incident in a statement on Sunday, police spokesman, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi said the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) Warewa, CSP Abdul Fatai Ogunsanya, led a joint operation consisting men of the command’s tactical teams, local vigilantes, So Safe Corps and OPC men for bush combing in search of the abducted man.

 

 

“Their efforts yielded positive result when the hideout of the kidnappers was located and the security operatives engaged them in gun battle.

 

“At the end of the encounter, one of the kidnappers Ibraheem Abubakar who claimed to have come from Sabonganmu-Bompai road, Kano State, was arrested while others escaped with varying degrees of gunshot injuries.

“The victim, 62 years old Sheu Anafi was rescued unhurt.

“The suspect has confessed being a member of seven-man gang terrorising the strech of the long bridge in recent time.

“The Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to the State Criminal Investigation Department for discreet investigation. The CP also appealed to members of the public, especially hospitals to inform the police if anybody with gunshot injury is seen in their area,” he said.

 

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