Police foil kidnap plot, nab fugitive, gang armourer in Ogun
Operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit of the Ogun Inform Police Assert hang arrested Clement Elijah, a fugitive wished since 2024 in connection with a high-profile kidnapping incident in Ajelanwa village, Ogun Inform.
Two of his accomplices were previously apprehended.
Elijah, who arrived in Ibiade neighborhood on June 13, 2025, used to be reportedly planning to abduct a illustrious person in Ago Village, Abigi. Alternatively, his thought used to be thwarted by a collaborative effort between the police and vigilant residents.
Confirming the arrest in a commentary the day previous to this, the spokesperson for the divulge, CSP Omolola Odutola, revealed that all the plot by a clearance operation on June 16, 2025, the personnel’s armourer, Posi Friday, used to be also apprehended. He used to be divulge in possession of a pump-action rifle, a in the community fabricated pistol, and eight are living cartridges hid in a Sigh Speaker.
The Inform Commissioner of Police, Lanre Ogunlowo, counseled the proactive efforts of the Ibiade and Abigi communities for his or her toughen in cracking the case.
In a separate boost, the Anti-Cultism Unit arrested 14 suspected cultists from two rival groups who were reportedly planning attacks over a supremacy conflict.
The arrests were made on June 16, 2025, in Ijagun, Ogbo, Ijele, and Imaweje areas of Ijebu Ode, where the groups had gathered to payment their institution’s examinations signing out.
“Additional investigations are ongoing at the Inform Criminal Investigation Division (SCID), and electorate are impressed to provide continued toughen while being assured of standard updates on all cases,” Odutola added.
