The Police Command in Osun said it has arrested eight suspected members of a kidnap syndicate who relocated to hide in the state after operating in Benue
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Eight members of a high-profile serial kidnapping gang are now being quizzed by the Osun State police command for murdering four persons during their different operations in Benue State.
The state police command Public Relations Officer, Mrs. Yemisi Opalola who made this known in a statement in Osogbo on Saturday, stated that the suspects were apprehended at Omo Ijesa village in Osun State where they put their heads as safe haven for the negotiation and collection of ransom even after murdering their victims in cold blood.
The police spokesperson explained further that, the evil perpetrators have been arrested on May 7th,2021, sequel to credible intelligence the command received and acted upon in a follow-up on a case of the abduction of a 65-year-old named Mrs. Akiishi Catherine in Benue State.
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The Osun State Police Command on Saturday, confirmed the arrest of eight members of a high-profile serial kidnapping syndicate at Omo-Ijesa village, Osun State.
The suspects, four males, four females are: 22-year-old man, Orikashima David (AKA Cash money); Teryange Demenogo (AKA Small), 22; Terngu Tortindi (AKA Kareen), 25 and Aondoaseer Terver 21.
Other four females: Anawuese Akough, 19; Mbalumulum Kaorga, 18; Comfort Terdoo 22; Michael Msendoo, 19; all Tivs from Benue State.
The suspects, it was gathered, relocated to Osun State after the kidnap of a 65-year-old woman, Akiishi Catherine in Benue State.
The spokesperson of the command, SP Yemisi Opalola revealed that the suspects were apprehended in Osun after a deceptive tactics to avoid arrest by the Police in Benue State.
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The police in Osun say they have arrested eight suspected members of a kidnap syndicate who relocated to hide in the state after operating in Benue.
Yemisi Opalola, the police spokesperson in the state, said in a statement on Saturday that the suspects were arrested on Friday at Omo Ijesa village, following credible intelligence reports.
Ms Opalola further said when interrogated, the suspects confessed to have killed their last victim, Akiishi Catherine, 65, and three others in their previous operations.
“The suspects were arrested on May 7, sequel to credible intelligence the command received and acted upon in a follow-up on a case of the kidnap of a 65-year-old, Mrs Akiishi Catherine in Benue State.