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Police Arrest 3 For Plotting to Kidnap Femi Otedola

The Nigeria Police Force has arrested three persons for allegedly plotting to kidnap Billionaire businessman, Femi Otedola.
A statement signed by the Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Don Awunah, stated that the three gang member, including on officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, were arrested by the IGP’s Intelligence Response Team (IRT)  on June, 23, 2016.
The FPRO further explained that “the principal suspect, one Ikechukwu Daniel, a 28 year old indigene of Imo State, who is the mastermind of the gang, was rusticated from Ahmadu Bello University Zaria due to his cult related activities on campus in 2009/2010. He also doubles as the IT guru of the kidnap gang with mastery of computer applications. He made damning revelations of their criminal exploits in the South West of the country.

“Another member of the gang, 29 year old Adeyemi Kayode, a serving officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and a native of Ojoo in Ibadan, Oyo State serves as a Personal Assistant to the Commandant, NSCDC Oyo State Command. 

“The suspect took undue advantage of his office to obtain the GSM number and location of their would be victim. He hatched the plan on how to kidnap the business magnate to make a demand of one billion naira ransom.

“The third suspect, Ayodele Temitayo, a native of Oyo in Ibadan, Oyo state who is the marksman and armourer of the gang, claimed to have been dismissed from 213 Battalion Maiduguri of Nigeria Army as a Private in 2015.”

The statement noted that all the suspects made confessional statements revealing that they had successfully carried out several high profile kidnappings and two AK47 rifles loaded with live ammunition were recovered from them.

 

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