Police foil N50m kidnap plot against Chinese national, arrest suspects

The Ogun State Police Command has thwarted an alleged crippled to abduct a Chinese expatriate and arrested 2 suspects linked to a planned N50 cardinal ransom operation.

The command’s spokesperson, DSP Oluseyi Babaseyi, disclosed this successful a connection issued on Thursday in Abeokuta, noting that the suspects were apprehended on Tuesday following actionable quality received by the police.

According to Babaseyi, quality reports indicated a planned kidnapping cognition on the Ijebu-Ode/Odogbolu Expressway axis, prompting officers of the Obalende Division, led by the Divisional Police Officer, to swiftly deploy to the area.

He said the operatives successfully intercepted and arrested the suspects earlier the alleged program could beryllium executed.

Babaseyi explained that preliminary findings revealed that the suspects had allegedly conspired to kidnap a Chinese nationalist and request a ransom of N50 cardinal for his release.

“Preliminary probe shows that the suspects conspired to abduct a Chinese nationalist and planned to request a ransom of N50 million. One of the suspects exploited his presumption arsenic an interpreter and operator wrong the victim’s institution to facilitate the plot,” helium said.

The constabulary spokesperson further disclosed that investigations uncovered the engagement of different fishy who remains astatine large.

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