Kwara state Police command has arrested five suspected kidnappers and recovered two locally made guns and phones in Ekiti local government area of the state.
Parading the suspects, the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Paul Odama, said , one Shina Luke Abiodun of Eruku town in Ekiti Local Government area of the State, and one other, while riding on a motorcycle on their way from Egbe in Kogi, State were accosted at Koro village close to Eruku town by men numbering about six.
Accoding to him the suspected kidnappers emerged from the bush armed with guns and other dangerous weapons.
He said the hoodlums opened fire on them and they sustained gunshot injuries.
Mr Odama said the victims escaped the attack and ran to the Anti-Kidnapping patrol team stationed at Eruku town.
He explained that the team moved to the scene and one phone was recovered, adding that forensic analysis of the phone by the investigators led to the arrest of the suspects.
The Commissioner noted that during interrogation the suspects confessed to have been responsible for kidnapping operations within Ekiti, Kogi and Kwara states .
He said the suspects also confessed to be responsible for the killing of one Inspector Segun Ayegbulu of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps( NSCDC) attached to Ekiti Command.
Mr Odama maintained that all the suspects will be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.
COV/ALI MUHAMMAD RABIU
