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From Layi Olanrewaju, Ilorin
The Commissioner of Police in Kwara State, Ebunoluwarotimi Adelesi, at the weekend, personally led another special tactical team on search-and-rescue operation to arrest kidnappers and secure the release of their victims within Isin forests.
In the process, a victim identified as Femi Ajayi, with bullet injury, was rescued and brought to the health centre in Isanlu-Isin, where he has been receiving medical attention.
Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Okasanmi Ajayi, made the disclosure in a statement made available to newsmen in Ilorin, yesterday.
Ajayi said: “In another kidnapping incident that took place in Isanlu-Isin, on July 13, 2023, at about 1700 hours, the following victims were abducted between Ijara-Isin and Isanlu-Isin: Dipe Ajayi; Kunle Abolarin; Femi Abolarin, and Femi Ajayi, all of Oke-Aran, Isanlu-Isin.
“Acting on the directive of the Commissioner of Police, the Command’s Anti-Kidnapping Unit stationed within the Isin axis, local hunters and vigilantes swung into action and gave the abductors a hot chase.
“This led to the abandonment of the Sienna bus conveying the victims at the time of incident and one of the victims, named Oke Olatunji,was rescued by the team.
“Today, the CP personally led another special tactical team on search-and-rescue operation into the forests within Isin, in the process another victim identified as Femi Ajayi, with bullet injury, was rescued and brought to the health centre in Isanlu-Isin, where he is currently receiving medical attention.”
The PPRO added that at the Palace of Oba Olugbenga Oloyede Solomon, the Olusin of Isanlu-Isin, the CP met vigilantes, hunters and other community leaders, where issues affecting the area in general were discussed and strategies as well as plans were implemented to forestall any further ugly occurrences.
The CP said efforts were being doubled to free the remaining victims and possible arrest of the criminals.
Meanwhile, CP Adelesi inspected the police post in the town and promised to increase the number of officers in the station to further enhance the safety and security of the people in the area.
On a viral video circulating on the social media platforms to the effect that two kidnappers were struck dead by lightning in the Oro-Ago area in the state, to which the CP directed an investigation, the command debunked the video.
“The Command wishes to state categorically that the two young boys killed by that unfortunate lightning were herders ,aged 10 and 12 years old. This was revealed by the father of the victims, who was accompanied by Mohammed Oni Anishere, the Chairman of the Oro-Ago vigilance group, Mumini Usman, the leader of vigilance Oko, Chief Olukosi of Oke-Oyan, and Idris Male, also of Oke-Oyan.
“The command wishes to confirm that lightning killed two young people, but they were not kidnappers, as was erroneously amplified in the viral video. To this end, the command wishes to advise the good people of Kwara State to discountenance the story, as no such thing happened,” Ajayi said.
Meanwhile, four suspected kidnappers arrested around Oro-Ago forest have been charged in court, according to him.
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