Kwara Police Command Establishes New Formation To Curb Upsurge In Kidnapping, Arrests 7 Suspects
Kwara Police Command has established a new formation of a powerful team comprising men drawn from the Counter Terrorism Unit, Anti-Robbery, Anti-Kidnapping, Anti-Cultism, Anti-Nacotic, Explosive Ordinance Department (EOD), Police Mobile Force (PMF), and Police Medical to combat the apparent upsurge in cases of kidnapping in some parts of the state.
This is contained in a statement CP Victor Olaiya, the State Commissioner of Police made available to newsmen on Sunday in Ilorin.
According to him, sequel to the disturbing incidents of kidnapping in some parts of Kwara South, especially in Ora, Oke-Ode and other areas in Ifelodun Local Government Area, the command, after due consultation resulting from highly potent intelligence gathered, led to the formation of a powerful team.
“The team comprised of men drawn from the Counter Terrorism Unit, Anti-Robbery, Anti-Kidnapping, Anti-Cultism, Anti-Nacotic, Explosive Ordinance Department (EOD), Police Mobile Force (PMF), and Police Medical.
“The team was handed a distinct directive: combing the bushes and forests in the identified areas, arresting Criminals found, Recovering Arms and Ammunition, rescuing victims and clearing the bushes of criminal elements.
“The operation began on 1/11/2023 with a positive outcome recorded. Some of the successes were the arrest of Seven suspected kidnappers named, UMARU MOHAMMODU A. K. A. YELLOW ‘M’, MOHAMMODU MOHAMMODU A. K. A. KERIMI ‘M’, GARUBA ABUBAKAR ‘M’, ILIASU USMAN ‘M’, IBRAHEEM ABUBAKAR ‘M’, USMAN HARUNA ‘M’ AND UMARU BELLO ‘M’ (INFORMANT).
“A cash sum of N1, 736,000.00 (ONE MILLION, SEVEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY SIX THOUSAND NAIRA) was recovered during a search of their hideout.
“This singular effort helped result in the lull experienced in the activities of these undesirable elements until the incident of 10/11/23 which occurred at about 2030hrs, ” he said.
The police commissioner noted that the command would not relent in her onerous and unmitigated pressure on the criminals until they relocated from the state of Harmony.
Olaiya said the Command’s team is committed to rescuing all victims sooner than expected as the Command is hot on the heels of the Criminals.
Meanwhile, the seven suspects arrested in the operation and named above have been arraigned in court and are presently remanded in Prison custody.
According to him, vigorous efforts are on to apprehend the perpetrators of this recent unfortunate incident.
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