FOUR suspected kidnappers have been arrested by detectives in the Ondo
state Police Command for attempting to abduct a 26 year old Idris Sule and
demanding for N10million
The suspects were reportedly arrested in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital.
They include Dua Audo, Mohammed Seriki, Audu Metua and Adamu Ibrahim.
Vanguard gathered that the suspects during a telephone conversation with
the victim demanded for N10m so as to halt his abduction.
It was gathered that the suspects threatened to kidnap the victim if the sum
of money was not paid within a stipulated period.
Reports had it that the suspects must have been given the would be victim
telephone number by one of his aides with the hope of threatening him to
cough out the money.
Contacted, the police Image Maker Femi Joseph said the suspects are
currently in Police detention and will soon be arraigned before court.
According to Joseph the victim of the attempted abduction reported the
telephone conversation which ensued between him and the suspects to the
Police.
He said that the suspects were arrested through the telephone line they
used to communicate and negotiate with the victim.
The Police spokesman assured that other fleeing suspects would soon be
apprehended and charged to court.