Panic in Oyo as OPC members arrest notorious kidnapper Wakilu Isiaka Muhammadu, 3 others
- The war against kidnapping has been intensified in Oyo state
- This is as the operatives of the OPC arrested 4 suspected kidnappers in the Ibarapa axis
- OPC said it is committed to ending kidnapping and other sundry crimes in Oyo state and southwest
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Oyo state chapters of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) on Sunday, February 27, arrested four suspected kidnappers in Ibarapa area of Oyo state.
The group under the supervision of the Oyo state coordinator, comrade Rotimi Olumo, also made huge progress with the arrest of the second in command to the dreaded kidnapper, Wakilu, Isiaka Muhammadu was also arrested.
According to a statement obtained by Legit.ng, the arrest was made around 1;00 pm when the OPC was on a search mission for the dreaded Wakilu that had been terrorising the entire Ibarapa area.
Muhammadu, who was arrested around 5pm, had given vital information that might lead to the arrest of the kingpin.
The suspected Kidnappers had been a thorn in the flesh of the residents of the community.
The four suspects have been handed over to the police and they are presently at the Ago ranger, Civil Defence headquarters in Igbo Ora.
Meanwhile, the search mission, according to the coordinator, is still ongoing as the OPC was determined to rid the entire southwest of kidnappers and other criminal elements in the southwest.
"We are determined to rid the southwest of criminal elements, including kidnappers and bandits, we are always ready to complement the efforts of the police and the southwest security Network (Amotekun) in the state, and we will not relent in this efforts" Olumo said.
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Tajudeen Salaudeen, a leader of Amotekun security network in Oyo state, has reportedly passed away.
According to Vanguard, Tajudeen who was a leader of the para-military security group in Kajola local government area died on Thursday, January 28.
He died in a road crash while trying to avoid a pothole as he rode on his motorcycle.
It was gathered that Tajudeen was heading to Okeho in the early hours of Thursday when he got a call to come back for an emergency assignment at Ilero. He died while returning.
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Source: Legit.ng