By Olamide FAKEYE
Nigeria – In an effort to flush out criminal elements especially kidnappers out of the Ekiti State, the combined team of the Police, NSCDC, Amotekun, OPC and Local Hunters today, Tuesday 30/01/2024 embarked on a bush combing operation through Oke-Osun, Ikere/Igbo-Okah to the thick forest around Iju/Ikere boundary.
During the Operation, according to the Ekiti Police Command spokesperson, DSP Sunday Abutu, five suspected kidnappers namely, Usman Jelili, Mohammed Bande, Abubakar Aliu, Isah Abdullahi and Suleiman Abdullahi were arrested.
He said, during interogation, the suspects claimed to be herdsmen but it was later discovered that none of them has a cattle and no cattle was found with them in the forest where they were arrested.
“The following items were found with them in the forest; two motorcycles, one cutlass, one jack knife/dagger and four phones.
