Ondo police arrest two abductors of septuagenarian

DETECTIVES from the Ondo State Police Command, on Thursday arrested two suspected kidnappers who abducted a 70-year-old woman identified as Victoria Jimba, on August 30, 2017.

The septuagenarian was kidnapped by a gang of kidnappers while going for an early morning church service in Igbotako in the Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State.

Speaking on the arrest, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Mr Femi Joseph, said the two suspects were traced with the phones which they used to demand for ransom.

The two suspects Idowu Olorunfemi and Olopade Waheed were arrested in different locations in Ondo state

Joseph stated that the abductors of the 70 year old woman later released after spending days in their captives but denied knowing about payment of ransom before the old woman was freed.

While parading the suspects in Akure, the Ondo State capital on Thursday, the PPRO said the other members of the kidnapping gang that participated in the dastardly act had not been arrested but said the police were already on their trail.

Joseph said, “After the report of the kidnap of the 70-year-old woman was made to us, we quickly swing into action and after a discreet investigation and intelligence gathering, the suspects were arrested.

“The phone they used to demand for ransom were also recovered from them. We are making frantic efforts to arrest the fleeing members of the gang. “

The PPRO, who noted that the suspect would soon be charged to court appealed to the people of the state to always report any suspicious movement in their vicinity to the police.