Adelabu abduction: Family insider supplied information to kidnappers – Police

The Oyo State Police Command has said a idiosyncratic adjunct attached to a subordinate of erstwhile Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu’s family, supplied accusation that aided the abduction of his sister, Mrs Olaide Busayo Adegoke John-Paul, and her 12 year-old duplicate sons.

The allegation was made by the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ayanlade Olayinka, during an interrogation connected Channels Television’s The Morning Brief programme portion providing updates connected the probe into the kidnapping.

Mrs John-Paul and her duplicate sons, Peter and Paul, were abducted connected June 3, 2026, on the Elewura country of Ring Road, Ibadan, portion she was taking the children to school. The victims were aboriginal rescued during a constabulary cognition that besides led to the decease of 2 suspected kidnappers.

According to Ayanlade, the cognition was carried retired connected the directive of the Inspector-General of Police and coordinated by the Oyo State Commissioner of Police successful collaboration with operatives of the Force Intelligence Department’s Intelligence Response Team, FID-IRT.

One of the main suspects, id...