4 arrested for abducting girl, 13, in Ogun

The police in Ogun State have arrested four suspects for abducting a 13-year-old girl at Onipanu in Ado Odo/ Ota Local Government Area of the state.

The suspects are John Nelson (21), Adeleke Ayotunde (29), Adekunle Basit (20) and Abey Fagbemi (20).

They were arrested following a complaint lodged at the Onipanu Divisional Headquarters by one Adejuwon Odunowo; the father of the victim.

The complainant told the police that his daughter, Susan Odunowo, was sent on an errand by her mother at about 6.pm on May 6, and that she did not return home.

He said he later got a call from someone who demanded N500,000 ransom to set the victim free.

The spokesman of the police, Abimbola Oyeyemi, told newsmen on Tuesday in Abeokuta that following the report, the DPO of Onipanu, CSP Bamidele Job, detailed his detectives to unravel those behind the act.

According to him, on May 8, the detectives traced one of the suspects to Cele area of Ota where he was arrested.

Oyeyemi further said the arrest of the first suspect led to the apprehension of two other members of the gang at a factory in Ota.

He explained the operatives discovered that the victim was being kept in a room owned by Adekunle Basit and that, “Detectives swiftly moved in there and rescued the victim unhurt.

“The leader of the gang, Abbey Fagbemi, who took to flight immediately he heard of the arrest of his fellow gang members, was later arrested at about 7.am of Monday May 10, 2021.”

He quoted the Commissioner of Police (CP), Edward Awolowo Ajogun, to have ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to the antikidnapping section of the state criminal investigation and intelligence department for discreet investigation and prosecution.