Police arrest three suspects over kidnapping of herdsman in Osun

The Commissioner of Police successful Osun State, CP Ibrahim Gotan, has announced the apprehension of 3 suspected members of an inter-state kidnapping syndicate.

Gotan disclosed this on Tuesday while addressing journalists astatine the Osun State Police Command headquarters, Osogbo.

CP Gotan who outlined caller operational successes recorded by the Osun State Police Command, identified the suspects arsenic Umaru Adamu, 21, Nasir Yahya and Umar Yahya, 24the .

He revealed that they were each alleged to beryllium connected to a kidnapping incidental wrong the authorities involving a Fulani herdsman named Yahaya Sulaimon.

According to the Commissioner, “the suspects were apprehended pursuing a coordinated and intelligence-led cognition involving constabulary unit and section information groups.

“You volition callback that connected May 5, 2026, astatine astir 3:25am, a complainant reported astatine Ijebu-Jesa Police Station that equipped men attacked a cattle colony successful the Iloko country and abducted 1 Yahaya Sulaimon.”

Gotan explained that the attackers, numbering astir six, were equipped with guns and sticks and assaulted the complainant earlier taking the unfortunate to an chartless destination.

He stated that poli...