Police in Ondo rescue kidnap victim, arrest suspect

The Police in Ondo State say it has arrested a suspect in connection with alleged kidnapping of a six-year-old girl.

The victim, according to a statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, was abducted in her mother’s car at a groceries shop in Akure.

Odunlami-Omisanya stated that the kidnapping was reported at the police station on December 21, 2022, at 9.00p.m, by the mother of the kidnapped girl, Mrs Chukwu-Ezedima, saying the complainant alleged that the suspect kidnapped her daughter, Nwasi Chukwu-Ezedima in her Toyota Corolla Car at Lafe Area, Akure, while she was getting groceries for the family.

She added that the suspect, who allegedly demanded N50 million from the family as ransom, was arrested on December 31, 2022, at a POS stand while trying to withdraw part of the money.

“During interrogation, the suspect confessed to the commission of the offence, while the victim was rescued unhurt.

“The suspect will soon be arraigned in court,” the police spokesperson said.

Meanwhile, a man has been handed over to the Oyo State Police command by the Nigerian Army for unlawful possession of firearms to the police.

Odunlami-Omisanya said that a patrol of the Nigerian Army while on routine check at Elegbeka in Ifon, Ose Local Government Area, got information about the man (names withheld) allegedly in possession of a revolver, adding that the patrol team subsequently investigated the allegation and arrested the man with the locally-made gun.

“The suspect initially claimed he found the gun on farmland, but later confessed that the gun was given to him by a welder (names withheld) currently in a Correctional Centre in Okene.

“The suspect has been handed over to the Police and would soon have his day in court,” Odunlami-Omisanya said.