The victims; Nwosu Virginia, Opara Olushi and Okechucku Johnson were coming from Imo State and were going to Lagos State when they ran into the roadblock mounted by gunmen who abducted them and took them into the bush
The Police Public Relation Officer (PPRO), Mr Femi Joseph said the victims were abandoned in the bush when the police were on the trail of the kidnappers.
The victims, he said have been taken to the Police Clinic in Alagbaka in Akure, the state capital to be treated a various degrees of injuries suffered during the encounter with the hoodlums.
Joseph said one of the victims told the police that the hoodlums mounted roadblock looking for people to be kidnapped. He said the hoodlums were not Nigerians the way they related with them during their shot stay in the captivity.
This development came as the Police paraded two suspects, Fatoki and Adamu Mohammed, who were said to be serial receivers of stolen vehicles.
Joseph said the suspects were arrested in connection with the theft of a Toyota Camry stolen in the state and was sold out by the robbers.
He explained that the two suspects were arrested after some of their accomplices were arrested in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital
Joseph explained that Fatoki, a native of Ogbomosho in Oyo State was nabbed after the police followed a clue gathered through intelligence report.
He said that the arrest of Fatoki who claimed to be a trader in Ibadan led to the arrest of Mohammed in Kaduna.
Fatoki who lived in Imalefalafia area of Ibadan, explained that he bought the vehicle from a man who was introduced to him by one of his friends.
His words” I bought the Toyota Camry through a friend at the sum of N850, 000 and subsequently sold it out at N1.3million to an Hausa man in Kaduna who was arrested with me.
“I never knew it was a stolen vehicle, I knew nothing about the robbery operation but I bought the car from them not knowing it was a stolen vehicle”
Joseph however said the two suspects are now helping the police in their investigations on connection with other crime in the state.
Similarly, the Police have arrested seven suspected kidnappers in Owo in Owo Local Government area of the state. the suspects, according to Joseph were from Zuru town in Kebbi state.
The PPRO said the suspected kidnappers claimed to be on hunting expedition in the locality.
His words “our men on patrol got information that some men suspected to be kidnappers were sighted at a location in Owo inside a vehicle with so many locally made guns. We swung into action and consequently the suspects were arrested and taken to the station with the exhibits recovered from them.
“The claimed to be hunters from the North who were on hunting expedition to the Southern part of the country, investigation are still on to verify their claims.”
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