A suspect who kidnapped a military officer has been arrested by men of the Ogun State command of the Nigeria Police.
The suspect, Waliu Oloyede, was arrested at Odo Pako Ota, in Ado Odo Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State, on 17th of July 2021.
A distress call had been received by the DPO Sango Ota divisional headquarters, CSP Godwin Idehai, that some vigilantes were having issues with an army officer at Odo Pako area of Ota.
The DPO then led his team to the scene where the suspect, who dressed in full military camouflage uniform with the rank of Warrant Officer 2 (W02) but could not give satisfactory account of himself was apprehended.
The suspect was said to have attempted to snatch a dane gun from a vigilante man.
On interrogation, he was unable to give account of how he got the military uniform, or the address of the unit where he is serving.
Hence he was detained for impersonation.
While in detention, police got information that the suspect and others at large had abducted a WO2 military officer at about 11:30 pm on 16th July 2021 and taken him to their hideout in Alagbado, Lagos State, where they stripped him of his uniform, collected his identity card, his three ATM cards and phone before the victim escaped from them.
It was their victim’s uniform the suspect put on to commit another crime when he was arrested.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Edward Awolowo Ajogun, has ordered the transfer of the suspect to the Anti-Kidnapping Unit of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation.
He has also ordered a massive manhunt for his other accomplices with the view to bringing them to justice.
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