December 30, (THEWILL) – Ogun State Police Command has arrested two brothers, Ayomide and Gbenga Babatunde, for allegedly kidnapping a woman and her nine-year-old son for ritual purposes.
The woman, 45, Taye Oluwole and her son, Remilekun Oluwole, were called by one of the suspects, Ayomide, who she has an affair with, to come to Oja Odan, to celebrate the new year with him.
But, unknowing to the woman, Ayomide had planned with his brother, Gbenga, to kidnap her and her son for money rituals and following the information received by the police, their attempt was foiled.
However, they had negotiated their two victims’ money with their supposed buyer, Jacob Olorunto, at the rate of N600,000, but were caught by the police on their way to deliver them to the buyer, at Igbo Obe, Oja Odan.
The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed this to newsmen in a statement in Abeokuta on Thursday.
Oyeyemi said the supposed buyer, Olorunto, then informed the Baale of the community about the intention of the suspects and the Baale quickly informed the police, who advised the buyer to play along
He said, “On the 27th of December, 2022, the suspects called the supposed buyer, Jacob Olorunto and informed him that they have two human beings, a woman and her male child for sale.
“They negotiated and settled for six hundred thousand naira (#600,000), as the price for the two persons.
“On the 29th of December, 2022, one of the suspects, Ayomide Babatunde, went to Ilaro and lured his 45-year-old woman friend, Taye Oluwole, to follow him to Oja Odan with her 9-year-old son, Remilekun Oluwole, in order to celebrate New year with his father.
“The woman innocently agreed to follow him and along the road, they stopped over to pick up the second suspect, Gbenga Babatunde.
“The two suspects from there, took the victims to Igbo Obe area of Oja Odan, to meet the supposed buyer, Jacob Olorunto, but they were rounded up by policemen in collaboration with some youths in the area, at about 12:30 midnight, while the woman and her son were rescued.
“The two suspects have confessed to committing the crime”, the Police PRO added.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, has ordered that the suspects be transferred to State Criminal Investigation Departments for further investigation and diligent prosecution.
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