Eight arrested as Ogun police expose transnational kidnap-ransom fraud syndicate

The Ogun State Police Command has uncovered a transnational transgression syndicate allegedly progressive successful staging fake kidnappings to extort ransom from relatives some location and abroad, starring to the apprehension of 8 overseas nationals successful Agbado country of the state.
The suspects were arrested during an quality led cognition by operatives attached to the Ifo Divisional Headquarters pursuing a reported kidnapping lawsuit that aboriginal turned retired to beryllium a coordinated staged abduction scheme.
The arrested suspects 

Zakaria Zawadogo (34, Burkina Faso), Cheik El-Mehdi (23, Mauritania), Suren Neta (25, Ivory Coast), Koffi Breno (36, Ivory Coast), Gondo Treso (32, Ivory Coast), Kunuji Ezekiel (27, Republic of Benin), Kougasi John (Ivory Coast), and Hemue Blinsi (30, Côte d’Ivoire).
According to the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Oluseyi Babaseyi, the cognition was triggered aft a ailment was received connected June 6, 2026, from an informant who reported that 1 of the suspects had contacted his household abroad, claiming helium had been kidnapped and demanding ransom.
He added that detec...