Police Arrest Six Suspects for Alleged Abduction of Businessman in Kwara

Hammed Shittu in Ilorin

Kwara State Police Command yesterday said it has arrested six suspects in connection with the alleged abduction of a charcoal dealer, Sikiru Bosere, and his assistant, Philemon, in Jebba town, Moro Local Government Area of the state.

The duo were abducted by armed men last week at Bosere’s Camp Life residence in Jebba town at about 10a.m.

During the operation, Philemon was also injured and hospitalised in a health facility in Jebba town.

Speaking with journalists in Ilorin on the arrest of those allegedly behind the abduction, the spokesman of the state Police Command, Mr. Okasanmi Ajayi, disclosed that Bosere was also successfully rescued by the security team on a search-and-rescue operation.

He said an investigation into the abduction was ongoing, in a bid to get to the root of the matter.

According to him,  “Pressure mounted by the combined team of security agencies, the police, local vigilantes and hunters resulted in the kidnappers abandoning the abducted victim, Bosere, and their motorcycle in the bush.

 “In the process of escaping, the kidnappers ran into a set of security teams, including the army, who arrested them.”