SO-SAFE CORPS ARRESTS THREE SUSPECTS FOR KIDNAPPING, MURDER OF 15-YEAR-OLD VICTIM IN OGUN

SO-SAFE CORPS ARRESTS THREE SUSPECTS FOR KIDNAPPING, MURDER OF 15-YEAR-OLD VICTIM IN OGUN

ALIMOTU SHADIAT

The Ogun State Community, Social Orientation and Safety Corps, codenamed So-Safe Corps, has apprehended three suspected kidnappers who killed their victim in Ogun.

According to a press statement issued by the State Commander of So-Safe Corps, Commander (Dr.) Soji Ganzallo, through the office of the Director of Information and Public Relations of the Corps, Assistant Commander Moruf Yusuf, the statement read:

“On Saturday, September 7, 2024, at about 1900hrs, information reached the Imala Division of the Corps regarding a kidnapping incident. A 15-year-old, Yahu Muhammad, was kidnapped, and a ransom of N500,000.00 was collected, but the suspects refused to release him.”

The Special Squad of the Corps at Imala was deployed to rescue the victim unhurt. However, upon arrival at the kidnappers’ den, Olodo Karaoke along Anigbado-Idiemi road, the team discovered that the suspects had killed the victim despite collecting the ransom.

The suspects are: Umar Muhammad, 24 years old, Audu Muhammad, 22 years old, and Umar Danda, 22 years old.

Ganzallo further revealed that the victim was kidnapped and killed while rearing cattle in the Akara forest area. The cattle were left unattended.

Ganzallo commended the operatives of the Vigilante Group for their assistance in apprehending the third suspect, Umar Danda.

The victim’s corpse and the apprehended kidnap suspects have been transferred to the Imala Divisional Police Headquarters for further investigation and likely prosecution.