Luck has run out of suspects as Operatives of the Ondo State Security Network Agency codenamed Amotekun, have apprehended six suspected members of a gang who specializes in hypnotizing their victims before kidnapping them in Odigbo Local Government Area of the state.
They included two females and a herbalist who fortified the kidnap syndicate before going on operations.
The Amotekun Commander, Akogun Adetunji Adeleye paraded the syndicates in Akure today Tuesday alongside 39 other suspects who were arrested for various criminal offences ranging from kidnapping, armed robbery, stealing, snatching of motorbikes among others.
The Amotekun Commander said the 45 suspects included 10 kidnappers; eight burglars; 10 armed robbers; one minor rapist; three motorcycle snatchers; eight Illegal possessors of firearms; one car vandal; one generator robber and three cattle rustlers.
Adeleye explained that: “the six kidnap syndicate uses spiritual means to hypnotize people they carry on their motorcycle to unknown destination.
“We have a case of one of them that specializes in killing motorcycle riders and taking over the motorcycle, dismantling and sending out of the state. We tracked him to Ore in Odigbo and we arrested his accomplice and the ring leader escaped to Ogun state. We contacted the Amotekun in Ogun state who assisted us in apprehending him.
“We also have another group that specializes in kidnapping. They actually kidnaped a lady in Ore but we were able to get the victim out alive without ransom and we were able to apprehend the the suspected kidnappers”, he stressed.
Adeleye said the 45 suspects included 10 kidnappers; eight burglars; 10 armed robbers; one minor rapist; three motorcycle snatchers; eight Illegal possessors of firearms; one car vandal; one generator robber and three cattle rustlers.
He disclosed that the suspects will be charged to court after completion of investigation.
One of the kidnap suspects, Mrs Adesanya Folasade, explained that she only directed the gang to help her kidnap a mad pregnant woman.
The 45-year-old mother of one explained that she intended to take custody of the baby after delivery because she hasn’t been able to conceive after her first child.
