has confessed
- His father, Alhaji Aliyu Babatunde, was
abducted at his Igboora home town - Names of the other kidnap gang were given
as
– Babuga Salihu (20), Aura Sands (20), and
Amuda Yusufu (19)
A 20 year old boy, Ibrahim Aliyu Babatunde,
confessed that he arranged for his father’s
abduction at gunpoint at the Oyo state Police
Command on Saturday.
The 20-year old Ibrahim Aliyu Babatunde was
paraded alongside three other members of his gang
by police at the command headquarters in Eleyeile,
Ibadan.
Names of the other kidnap gang were given as –
Babuga Salihu (20), Aura Sands (20), and Amuda
Yusufu (19).
His father, Alhaji Aliyu Babatunde, was abducted at
his Igboora home town
His father, Alhaji Aliyu Babatunde, was abducted at
his Igboora home town.
The father spent days in the kidnappers’ den before
he was released after the family paid N1 million
ransom.
He said: “We are many. My father married many
wives and he doesn’t care for us. We are left by my
father to fend for ourselves. So, I think the only way
to get money out of him is to organise for his
abduction and force him to part with the money.”
Ibrahim confessed that the group collected N1 million
before his father was released.
He also confessed that he invited his three friends to
abduct his father.
The state Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Odude,
told newsmen that Ibrahim conspired with other
members of the gang and kidnapped his father at
Gbogbolowo camp in Igboora at about 6:00 p.m. of
May 17.
“The victim was eventually taken to an unknown
place where he was kept for some days by his
abductors who later demanded ransom as a
condition for his release.
“Initial arrest of one of the suspects by combined
efforts of the local vigilante group and the police and
further discreet investigation carried out by
operatives of the Special Squad led to subsequent
arrest of the kingpin and other members of the gang
at their various hideouts in the state.”
Newslanded had reported that a young lady who gave her name as Grace Igwe, was arrested after her
plans to extort money from her parents following a kidnap attempt, failed.
The 22-year-old Igwe reportedly involved her
boyfriend Sunday Bright in her plans and when their
plans failed, the Edo state-born boy was arrested
alongside his lover.
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