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The Osun State Police Command has arrested someone named John Olowosaye. He worked with another person, Olalekan Oyeyemi, also known as Emir, to kidnap some people in a place called Ede in August 2023. The police spokesperson, Yemisi Opalola, told reporters about this on Friday.
Opalola said that after they kidnapped the people, they took them to Balogun Area in Osogbo. There, they demanded a ransom of N2.6 million, which was paid to Oyeyemi.
The police caught Olowosaye after investigating and finding out he was part of the kidnapping.
She said, “After we learned about the kidnapping in August 2023, our Police Anti-cultism Unit worked very hard to catch the suspects. On July 3, 2024, we arrested the suspects. We found out that Olowosaye teamed up with Olalekan Dauda Oyeyemi, a.k.a Emir, to kidnap the victims and take them to Balogun area in Osogbo. They got a ransom of N2.6 million.”
She added, “The suspect will go to court after we finish our investigation.”
The police also showed many other suspects they had arrested for different crimes in the state. These crimes included armed robbery, theft, being part of secret cults, conspiracy, kidnapping, and having firearms and harmful substances illegally.
The arrested people were: Abubakar Ayomide, 23; Adewumi Isaac; Ekene Sunday; Adesunmibola Afeez, 32; Sodiq Adeyemi, 35; Gbenga Oluwaseun, 27; Philip Oluwaseun, 24; Saka Kabiru, 27, for conspiracy and armed robbery. Lateef Musa Olalekan was caught for conspiracy, armed robbery, and illegal possession of firearms. Ogungbemi Afeez, 19; John Fatai, 28; Ede Marvellous, 30; and Elise Peter, 25, were arrested for armed robbery and being in a secret society. Felix Etim, 28, was arrested for having firearms, cannabis, and being in a secret society. Olalekan Amos, 54, was arrested for stealing. Akinyeme Simileoluwa, 22, and Ajao Blessing, 25, were arrested for robbery and being in a secret society.
Opalola also showed the items they found when arresting these suspects. They found:
– Two cut-to-size single barrel guns
– A Lexus RX 350 jeep
– Another two cut-to-size single barrel guns
– One live cartridge
– Two Bajaj motorcycles
– Another cut-to-size gun
– Two more live cartridges
– A Toyota Corolla car
– Four iPhones
– One Samsung phone
– Two HP laptops
– Charms
– Ten phones
– One Bajaj motorcycle
They also found three live cartridges, a piece of cloth with symbols of the Aiye confraternity, another cut-to-size single barrel gun, and weeds they think are Cannabis Sativa.
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This should now be simple enough for anyone to understand.