Sequel to efforts to flush out criminal elements, especially kidnappers, out of the state, a combined team of the police, NSCDC, Amotekun, O.P.C., and local hunters on Tuesday night embarked on a bush combing operation through Oke-Osun, Ikere/Igbo-Okah, and the thick forest around the Iju/Ikere boundary.
During the operation, five suspected kidnappers—Usman Jelili, Mohammed Bande, Abubakar Aliu, Isah Abdullahi, and Suleiman Abdullahi—were arrested.
During interrogation, the suspects claimed to be herdsmen, but it was later discovered that none of them had cattle, and no cattle were found with them in the forest where they were arrested.
A statement by DSP Abutu Sunday, Police Public Relations Officer, Ekiti State Command, said, “The following items were found with them in the forest: two motorcycles, one cutlass, one jack knife/dagger and four phones.”
