Police Arrest Killer Herdsmen, 48 Others in Oyo

The Oyo State Police Command has paraded a dreaded kidnap syndicate who were nabbed in connection with the kidnap of a local government chairman, Adeleke Olayiwola, along Iganna/Ado Awaye Road weeks ago.


The police made this known during a press conference held on Wednesday at the Eleyele Police Headquarters, Ibadan adding that 48 other suspected criminals and accomplices were arrested for crimes like from kidnapping, robbery, murder and wither heinous offences.

The Commissioner of Police, Oyo State Command, Mrs. Ngozi Onadeko, said the men of the Command arrested the kidnap syndicate, namely Babuga Mohammadu, 28 years; Rabiu Mohammadu, 37; Usman Mohammed, 30; and 26-year-old Aliyu Mohammed, who have allegedly abducted the council chairman with an AK-47 rifle.

The suspected kidnappers who dispossessed him of all his personal effects and demanded a ransom of N5.5million are said to have confessed to the crime after being identified by their victim.

Items that were recovered from the suspects include a double-barrel gun and one cut-to-size gun with four cartridges.

Also arrested were 35-year-old Dahiru Usman, Muhammadu Ahmadu, 32 years old, and Ibrahim Mamudu, 20 accused suspected as killers of one Oluwole Agboola at Akinyele area of Ibadan.

In another development, Onadeko said that a group of armed robbers numbering about eight, who invaded Ashley Apartment Hotel at number 11, Awolowo Way, Bodija Housing Estate, Ibadan, were also arrested.

Investigation shows that they assaulted and dispossessed 22 lodgers of their personal belongings, including phones and laptops in different operations.

Also, the police said that 13 suspects were arrested in connection with the murder of two young girls namely, Babatunde Omowumi and Toriola Kudirat, who were said to have been hit by bullets fired by the hoodlums close to the scene of the kidnap of Alhaja Sherifat Adisa, proprietress of Subawah Filling Station, along Idere Road, Igboora around 7:55 pm on January 2.


Adisa, who was whisked away into the forest was later murdered with bullet wounds seen at several points on her stomach.

Meanwhile, other cases that were paraded by the Command included the arrest of armed bandits at Ajanla Farms junction, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in an operation on December 27, 2020; arrest of eight suspects who allegedly carted away AK 47 rifle from Sergeant Ola Semiu with Force Number 456624, at Akanran; and the arrest of a 56-year-old lawyer, Remi Oladoye, for defiling a 14-year-old girl, Fatima Souwara, in May, year 2020 at Bodija area of Ibadan after giving her soft drink mixed with a sedative.