The Oyo State Police Command says it has arrested the alleged kidnapper of the wife of an All Progressives Congress chieftain in the state, Juliet Salawu.
The suspected kidnapper was among those presented on Monday at the Command Headquarters in Ibadan.
Other suspects were also presented by the command for various offences ranging from kidnapping to car theft and armed robbery among others.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Ngozi Onadeko, said the arrests were achieved through the command’s purpose-driven intelligence and the gallantry of the officers.
Onadeko said the command had waged war against all forms of criminality in the state through sophisticated mechanisms and the deployment of more arms and ammunitions.
She warned criminally minded individuals to leave Oyo State or face the unpalatable consequences.
Onadeko urged the people of the state not to relent in providing useful information that would assist the command in further nipping crimes in the bud.
In an interview with one of the suspected kidnappers, he said they did it to have money.
He said they collected over N3 million as ransom from the relatives of the victim before releasing her after eight days in captivity.
Exhibits recovered from the suspects included two motorcycles, three vehicles, charms, mobile phones, jewellery an axe and a machete.