The three of them are Fulani but were born in that part of Oyo State. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Adewale Osifeso, at a press briefing on Tuesday disclosed how the command arrested the three gang members who had been responsible for various kidnappings with several millions of naira in ransom collected from the victims.
The PPRO said the kidnap gang had operated in Iwere-Ile, Abuja–Leather, Komu and some areas in Oke-Ogun before the three suspects were arrested.
Recovered from them were N400,000 cash being the share of ransom money found on two of the suspects.
Tribune Online learnt that before the arrest of the suspects, there were cases of kidnapping at Komu, Abuja Leather, Target and Iwere Ile.
The kidnappers, who were said to possess sophisticated arms, usually targeted miners.
After the suspects’ arrest, the police discovered that they had once arrested Buyo and charged him to court.
However, he escaped during Abolongo jailbreak in Oyo town in 2021 and relocated to Ghana.
Buyo reportedly confessed during interrogation that his gang was the one abducting people at Komu, Target, Abujaleather and Budo Musa.
He claimed that he was rearing cattle in Ghana when he was called by one of the kidnap gang members (name withheld) who asked him to come to Nigeria for a job.
According to Buyo, when he arrived in Nigeria, he joined the other gang members and they started operation.
Among those kidnapped is the owner of a filling station along Budo Musa-Idiroko road, from whom the gang collected N3 million before he was released after six days in captivity.
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