Operatives of Ogun State Community, Social Orientation and Safety Corps (So-Safe Corps) have arrested three suspected kidnappers who allegedly killed their victim in the state.
The suspects – Umar Muhammad (aged 24), Audu Muhammad (22), and Umar Danda (also 22) – were alleged to have kidnapped and killed 15-year-old Yahu Muhammad after collecting a ransom of N500,000.
According to a statement in Abeokuta, the state capital, by the Corps’ spokesperson, Moruf Yusuf, the Commander, Soji Ganzallo said that the victim was kidnapped while rearing cattle in the Akara forest area located in the Abeokuta North Local Government Area.
The statement reads: “On Saturday, 7 September 2024, at about 7 p.m., information reached the Imala Division of the Corps regarding a kidnapping incident.
“A 15-year-old, Yahu Muhammad, was kidnapped, and a ransom of N500,000.00 was collected, but the suspects refused to release him.
“The Special Squad of the Corps at Imala was deployed to rescue the victim unhurt.
“However, upon arrival at the kidnappers’ den, Olodo Karaoke along Anigbado-Idiemi Road, in Abeokuta North local government, the team discovered that the suspects had killed the victim despite collecting the ransom”.
Ganzallo commended the operatives of the Vigilante Group for their assistance in apprehending the third suspect, Umar Danda.
He added that the victim’s corpse and the suspects have been transferred to the Imala Divisional Police Headquarters for further investigation and likely prosecution.
