Oyo State Police Command has paraded six members of a kidnap gang, who were arrested for kidnapping the twins of a popular Islamic cleric, Sheikh Taofeeq Akeugbagold.
The names of the suspects are: Rildwan Taiwo (30), Rafiu Mutiu (35), Olumide Ajala (36), Fatai Akanji (39), Bashiru Muhammed (25), Opeyemi Oyeleye (33) and Rafiu Modinat (29).
Modinat was saddled with the responsibility of taking care of the babies while in their custody.
Parading the suspects this morning at Eleyele police state headquarters, the Commissioner of Police, Mr Shina Olukolu stated that the parents of the twins paid the criminals N4million before the babies were released to them unhurt.
He said, “I wish to update you on the sensational case of the kidnapping of the 2-year old twins of Alhaji Taofeek Azeez “Akeugbagold” on the 25th April, 2020. All the suspects have been arrested with substantial parts of the ransom collected, the gun used for the operation, the two operational vehicles, and one motorcycle were also recovered from them. The notorious criminals attacked his wife and subsequently abducted his 2-year old twin to an unknown destination. The criminal assailants later demanded for ransom of Fifty Million Naira (N50, 000, 000.00) before the two abducted babies would be released”.
“As soon as the incident was reported at Ojoo Police Station and later transferred to AK Eleyele/SARS office Dugbe, Ibadan, a team of AKS/SARS operatives swung into action while concerted efforts was intensified to rescue the abducted babies and arrest the perpetrators of the heinous crime. The abducted babies were released unhurt eight ‘8’ days later after their father had parted with an alleged sum of four million naira only (N4,000,000) as ransom to the hoodlums”, he concluded.
