The Kwara State Police Command has rescued five persons who were kidnapped by some gunmen in Isanlu Isin in the Isin local government area of the state.
The victims were rescued from the forest not far from the locality through the combined efforts of local hunters, vigilantes, and policemen on Saturday night, July 15, 2023.
Spokesperson of the command, SP Okasanmi Ajayi, who confirmed the development in a statement on Sunday, said those rescued included a deacon of First Baptist Church, Isanlu Isin, Femi Ajayi, and his father, Dipe Ajayi, Kunle Abolarin and Femi Abolarin, all of Oke-Aran, Isanlu-Isin as well as one Mr. Oke Olatunji who was rescued in a Toyota Sienna bus used by the kidnappers for the operation.
According to the PPRO, the victims were kidnapped in Isanlu-Isin on July 13, 2023.
Acting on the directive of the Commissioner of Police, the Command’s Anti-Kidnapping Unit stationed within the Isin axis, alongside local hunters and vigilantes swung into action and gave the abductors a hot chase, leading to the abandonment of the Siena bus conveying the victims at the time of the incident and one of the victims named Oke Olatunji was rescued by the team.
“Today the CP personally led another special tactical team on a search and rescue operation into the forests within Isin, in the process another victim identified as Femi Ajayi, with a bullet injury was rescued and brought to the health centre in Isanlu-Isin, where he is currently receiving medical attention,” he stated.
“At the palace of HRH Oba Olugbenga Oloyede Solomon the Olusin of Isanlu-Isin. The CP met vigilantes, hunters, and other community leaders, where issues affecting the area, in general, were discussed and strategies and plans were implemented to forestall any further ugly occurrences as efforts are still being doubled to free the remaining victims and arrest the criminals
“The remaining three kidnapped victims in Isanlu-Isin have been released as a result of the pressure asserted by the command tactical teams and the vigilante led by CP Ebunoluwarotimi Adelesi late yesterday night,”
“Meanwhile four suspected kidnappers arrested around Oro-Ago forest have been charged in court.”