Ekiti state Police Command and the Department State Security Services (DSS) yesterday paraded a self acclaimed Pastor, Mr Babatunde Balogun, two women and 10 others for alleged kidnapping.
Also, four persons, who are part of the Kidnap syndicate terrorsing Ekiti and its residents in the last three months were declared wanted by the security agencies.
Those on the wanted list are: Kenneth Felix Ozoh, Jonathan Ozoh, Kehinde Adeleye and Sunday Ogunleye, who were accused of being behind the kidnap of a lecturer at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Dr Femi Omisore, a priest with Catholic Diocese, Rev Father Emmanuel Akingbade, among others victims that were recently kidnapped within the State.
Parading the suspects in Ado Ekiti yesterday, an event attended by Governor Ayodele Fayose, the DSS state Director, Mr Duke Fubara, and the Police Commissioner, Mr Etop James, said the suspects had given confessional statements about their involvement in the criminal activities.
Fubara said: “We could all attest to the fact that the kidnappers terrorized the State from the first week of May this year. Their activities brought a lot of trauma tothe people.
“Though, some of the victims have been released, but we did not give in. We did investigation and we increased our network and the result is what you are seeing today.
“What we found with the composition of these suspects was that some of them were members of the inmates that escaped during the November 30, 2014 jailbreak in Ekiti.”
The governor, who lauded the security agencies for the gallantry, lamented that Ekiti had been in turmoil since last year’s jailbreak in Ado Ekiti, urging the security operatives to step up efforts on the need to bring the escapees back to prison.
He said: “Ekiti has been under great torment since last year’s jailbreak incident. But we want you to beam yoursearchlights on the neighbouring states like Delta, Osun and Ondo because we had the trace that people used to come from outside to train our people here in kidnapping and make use of them.
“If you study this very well, you will understand that the networks have been widened and we have to do everything to break it.”
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