Police arrest kidnappers in Kogi

The Kogi State Police Command has explained how its men foiled an attempt by a kidnap syndicate to collect N3 million as ransom for the release of a member of the State House of Assembly, Moses Ododo,

A statement issued in Lokoja by the state Police Command said two members of the kidnap gang were arrested on July 24 in the course of trying to collect the N3 million from Ododo.

The statement signed by the spokesman of the command, ASP William Aya, said that Ododo reported to the police that some people had been threatening him on his phone to give them N3 million or risk being abducted.

The kidnappers had arrived at the agreed time of about 5:30 pm and to the designated spot at Omadeni village in Dekina Local Government Area and were about picking up the N3 million when a detachment from the Special AntiRobbery Squad (SARS) already stationed within the vicinity arrested them.

Ododo is the member representing Dekina/Biraidu constituency in the state House of Assembly.

The statement said SARS operatives accompanied the complainant to the agreed point where money was to be dropped, and that two members of the kidnap gang, Omeje Shehu and Mohammed Jibril, were arrested while others fled into the bush.

“Effort is on to track down the fleeing suspects,” the statement said.