The Kwara State Police Command has arrested suspected kidnappers in Ilorin on Monday.
Lawan Ado, the state Commissioner of Police, said the Ekiti division received a report of the disappearance of one Usman Muhammadu on November 7th.
Ado said Sani Maikifi, Muhammadu's elder brother made a report that the kidnapped left his shop to an unknown place on November 6.
According to Maikifi, “As we were still searching for the missing person, we got another report that he was kidnapped by gunmen and that his family had paid a
ransom of N500,000 for his release.
“Immediately the information was received, detectives from Ekiti division swung into action and the combined efforts of the police and vigilance group led to the arrest of the six suspects.
“During interrogation, the suspects confessed to the crime and a total of N361,150.00 being part of the ransom was recovered from them.”
Ado notified criminals in Kwara to either leave the state or face the law.
