Man arrested for allegedly kidnapping journalist in Ogun

<p>Contacted, the Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, promised to revert.</p>, <p>The Plateau State Police have arrested five officers attached to the C Division for shooting and killing a 17-year-old boy, identified as Ibuchim Ofezie, in Jos.</p>, <p>The state police spokesperson, DSP Alfred Alabo, in a statement issued on Tuesday disclosed that the affected officers would be sanctioned after a proper investigation.</p>, <p>At the last count, residents of Ipokia lamented that over 50 skulls had been removed from graves by ritualists who operated under the cover of darkness.</p>, <p>The Ogun State police spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi said the suspect was arrested following the “technical and intelligence-based investigation” embarked upon by the SP Taiwo Opadiran-led anti-kidnapping team, which led them to the hideout where the suspect had been hibernating.</p>, <p>“Luck, however, ran out on him when he was traced to his hideout in Ijebu-ode where he was apprehended,” Oyeyemi explained, saying a locally-made pistol and a live cartridge were recovered from the suspect.</p>, <p>He said preliminary reports received did not indicate the exact location from where the students were snatched but that a detailed report is being awaited to clarify whether the incident occurred within the school premises or elsewhere.</p>, <p>DAILY POST reported three months ago that dead bodies could no longer rest in peace in the ancient town of Ipokia as unknown ritualists to dig graves for skulls.</p>, <p>Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Frank Mba, had directed the team to intensify efforts towards arresting other members of the gang.</p>, <p>The police had on March 24 arrested Oladimeji as one of those who abducted the journalist, Olusegun Oduneye, at Mobalufon area of Ijebu-Ode on March 9, 2023.</p>, <p>Spokesman of the command, Ayeni Olasunkanmi, disclosed in Ilorin on Tuesday that the suspect was alleged to have taken the victim on a bike to an unknown place where he sexually molested her and threaten