IN a significant crackdown on criminal activities, the Ekiti State Police Command has apprehended five suspected kidnappers in the Iju-Ikere boundary area of the state.
The arrests were announced in a statement released on Tuesday by the state’s Police Public Relations Officer, Abutu Sunday.
This development follows a distressing incident on Monday, where two traditional rulers were reportedly killed by gunmen, suspected to be herdsmen, in the area between Oke-Ako and Ipao-Ekiti in the Ajoni Local Government Area.
The arrested suspects, identified as Usman Jelili, Mohammed Bande, Abubakar Aliu, Isah Abdulahi, and Suleiman Abdulahi, were apprehended during a joint operation conducted by the police, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Amotekun, and local hunters.
The operation focused on combing the bushes in the Oke-Osun area and the dense woodlands along the Iju-Ikere boundary, a region notorious for kidnappings.
