Police smash Lagos-Ibadan highway kidnap syndicates, gang members flee
The Police have arrested 33 suspected criminals, including members of different kidnapping gangs terrorizing motorists and travelers of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
The suspected kidnappers, who were arrested by men of the Oyo State Police Command, included those operating at the Onigari section of the expressway, where some wedding guests were recently abducted.
The Commissioner of Police, Ngozi Onadeko, gave names of some of the suspects as Aliu Umaru, Isiaka Ibrahim and Tambaya Usman.
The CP said, “Owing to the rising cases of kidnapping along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway and the ugly incident of kidnapping/murder that happened at the Onigari section of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on January 7, 2022, the Oyo State Police Command immediately swung into action through the swift deployment of intelligence and tactical assets.
“This led to the arrest of one Bashiru Abubakar, alias Maku-Maku, a member of the kidnapping gang terrorizing Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on January 14, 2022 around 3.30pm.
The CP added that members of another gang of kidnappers operating on the same road were also arrested by her men.
She gave the name of the suspects as Tambaya Usman Shehu,27; Aliyu Umaru, 20 and Isiaka Ibrahim, 28.
Onadeko stated, “This is another kidnap syndicate operating along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The proactive measures adopted by the command to flush out and abate kidnapping in the state and painstaking effort led to the arrest of one Aliyu Umaru and one Isiaka Ibrahim.
