Men of the Ondo State Security Network in southwest Nigeria codenamed Amotekun Corps have arrested no fewer than four suspected kidnappers and rescued their victims.
One of the four suspected kidnappers arrested by the Amotekun Corps, Usman Garuba, during the course of interrogation narrated that he was lured into the kidnapping gang by the leader of the gang who promised to give him a job.
Garuba who was arrested with three other suspects which include, Yameri Muhammed, Umar Ali, and Abubakar Sidiku, said he was desperately looking for a job when he was recruited into the group.
The 37-year-old man went further to narrate how he worked with the alleged kidnap gang before he was arrested, said he was arrested by the Amotekun corps in the course of collecting ransom.
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According to him, he was introduced by a man he called his master who promised to give him a job but he was handed over to the leader of the kidnapping syndicate who took him out for operations.
He said: ‘It was my oga that brought me and told me there was a job for me. They promised to give me work and I was introduced to one man who I followed to the first kidnap job.
‘We kidnapped the man and three of us got N100,000 from the job. We are working with some Yoruba people who usually bring job for us.’
Speaking on the arrest, the state Commander of Amotekun, Chief Adetunji Adeleye, explained that Garuba and others were arrested at the weekend after receiving a distress call.
He said kidnappers abducted four people who were taking shelter in a bus stop along Oba road in Akure South Local Government Area of the state but one of the victims escaped from them.
He disclosed that the suspected kidnappers raped one of the victims while two others were beaten blue-black during negotiations with their family.
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