Police arrest kidnappers who killed victim for rituals in Kwara – The Informant247
By Akewushola Afeez
The Kwara State Police Command has arrested the leader of a kidnap gang, Kazeem Mohammed in Patigi Local Government Area of the state.
According to a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, Sp Okasanmi Ajayi on Wednesday in Ilorin, he said the kidnapper collected the sum of N160,000 from one Olokose Oluwasola Ojo now deceased, in the guise of helping him buy a cow to be used on the deceased wedding scheduled to hold between 12th and 13th of March 2021.
The statement pointed out that since the victim left Ilorin with the suspect, he could no longer be reached by anybody including his intending wife, Ilori Oluwakemi.
It furthered that the intending wife of the deceased, however, received a phone call on 3rd of March, 2021 from her husband’s line demanding for N12million ransom if she hopes to see her husband again.
The statement said, “When the incident was reported, the Commissioner of Police directed an all-encompassing investigation into the matter, ordering the arrest of the kidnappers and rescue the victim unhurt at all costs.
“Investigation however led to the arrest of the leader of the gang by name, Mohammed Kazeem Beiwa in Patigi via the use of hi-tech intelligence. The Investigation further led to the arrest of three other members of the syndicate, Mohammed Chatta, Jimoh Abdulateef, and Madi Jeremiah. They confessed to the crime, confirming the killing of the victim and burying him in a shallow grave inside the bush, they took policemen to the scene of the killing where the head of the victim and arm was severed and used for money ritual by Mohammed Kazeem, the leader of the gang.”
The police’s statement confirmed that the suspects stated in their confessional statement that the victim was lured into the remote part of Patigi where he was shot and killed.
Adding that the body of the victim was exhumed by the police and taken to University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital mortuary for autopsy, the statement said the commissioner of police advised members of the public to be conscious of their environment and always be on guard at all times.
He was quoted as warning that the society is filled with evil people, assuring the public that the suspects will all be charged to court as soon as court resumes sitting.
