Kwara: Five suspects in custody as police crackdown on kidnappers

The Kwara State Police Command has recorded a breakthrough successful its ongoing crackdown connected kidnapping, with 5 suspected abductors arrested during a coordinated cognition successful the state.

The improvement was disclosed successful a connection issued connected April 28 2026, connected the authoritative X leafage of the Kwara State Police Command.

According to the statement, operatives of the Command’s anti-kidnapping portion carried retired the cognition connected April 23 astatine Oke-Iya community, acting connected quality and moving alongside section vigilantes and wood guards.

Police said 3 suspects – Idris Umar, Muhammed Usman and Abdullahi Abubakar – were archetypal apprehended successful transportation with a caller onslaught successful Idiya community, wherever 5 persons were reportedly kidnapped.

The Command noted that 2 of the victims had earlier escaped from captivity earlier the arrests were made.

Further investigations led to the apprehension of 2 further suspects, identified arsenic Mohammad Awal and Sani Mallam Musa, believed to beryllium linked to the aforesaid operation.

Items recovered during the raid see a locally fabricated firearm modified to occurrence ...