The Osun Police Command said its operatives have apprehended two suspected kidnappers in Ile-Ife, after a gun duel.
SP Yemisi Opalola, the command’s spokesperson, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, said that the suspects were arrested after kidnapping a man at a Fulani settlement in Ile-Ife.
“The Osun Police Command, in its struggle not to make the state a safe haven for criminal elements to hibernate, has arrested two suspected kidnappers.
“The fact of the case is that, on Sunday, at about 11.30am, a complainant made a report at ‘C’ Division, Aganhun, Ile-Ife, that some suspected kidnappers came to Fulani settlement, Erefe Area, Ondo Road, Ile-Ife, at about 12.15am and kidnapped one Muhammed Gembu.
“Immediately the police received the report, detectives swung into action and arrested two suspects, after a gun duel, with one of them fatally wounded and another escaping.
“The kidnapped victim was, however, rescued unhurt with the assistance of Fulani vigilante in the community,” Opalola stated.
Opalola further said the suspects would be charged to court after conclusion of investigation.
She said that the state Commissioner of Police, Olawale Olokode, implored members of the public to always provide police with timely information that will assist in fighting against criminal act.
