Police exhume victims’ corpses, arrest 2 kidnappers in Ogun

The police in Ogun State have exhumed the corpses of kidnap victims from a shallow grave and arrested two suspects, Chukwuma Bartholomew and Igwe Monday, in Ijebu Igbo in Ijebu North LGA. The victims were allegedly killed and buried after the payment of a ransom. The spokesman of the command, Omolola Odutola, stated that the […]

The police in Ogun State have exhumed the corpses of kidnap victims from a shallow grave and arrested two suspects, Chukwuma Bartholomew and Igwe Monday, in Ijebu Igbo in Ijebu North LGA.

The victims were allegedly killed and buried after the payment of a ransom.

The spokesman of the command, Omolola Odutola, stated that the arrest of the two suspects out of a seven-man gang followed a technical-based investigation by the anti-squad team which discovered their hideout in Ijebu Igbo on June 28.

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She said, “CP Alamutu Abiodun Mustapha led operatives to Ijebu Igbo where kidnap victims’ corpses were exhumed from a shallow grave.’’