EKITI STATE POLICE COMMAND

ARRESTED KIDNAPPING SUSPECTS ON 16TH FEBRUARY, 2024

Gentlemen of the Press,

I welcome you all on behalf of the Officers and Men of Ekiti State Police Command to today’s press briefing that is aimed at informing the general public and showcasing the Command’s latest achievement under my leadership as the Commissioner of Police

2. This recent breakthrough was made possible through the dogged effort of our gallant men of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) ably led by their Commander, CSP. OGUNDOLA MARCUS.

3. In our relentless and deliberate efforts to rid the State off criminal elements especially kidnappers and the quest to ensure the arrest of the hoodlums behind the killing of two traditional rulers in Ikole-Ekiti and the kidnapping of some school children and their teachers in Emure-Ekiti as well as other kidnapping incidents in the State, the Command Rapid Response Squad (RRS) commenced a thorough investigation and operation and arrested Eight ( members of a kidnapping syndicate and neutralized one. Details below:

On 8/02/2024 at about 1300hrs, the Command Rapid Response Squad (RRS) received a credible tip-off that a gang of armed men has invaded a farmland at Eda-Oniyo-Ekiti and were planning to kidnap some Expatriates in Dairy Farmland, Ikun-Ekiti.

Upon receipt of the information, a team of RRS operatives swung into action and arrested one ABUBAKAR ALIYU a.k.a SMALLIE who was on a mission to spy on the actual location of the Expatriates. After the arrest of Abubakar Aliyu a.k.a SMALLIE, the leader of the kidnapping gang identified as one Sumo Karami sent two (2) vigilante members, one Saliu Ibrahim and Umaru Saliu, to secure the bail of the arrested gang member from Police custody. The two (2) vigilante members were arrested and they led the RRS operatives to Oro-Ago town where one Mohammed Bashiru, the leader of Miyetti Allah vigilante in Oro-Ago, Kwara State, was arrested. During interrogation, Mohammed Bashiru revealed that he is a relative of Sumo Karami who is a leader of a dreaded kidnapping gang and that Abubakar Aliyu a.k.a SMALLIE is one his gang members who have been terrorizing and kidnapping innocent citizens with AK47 rifles and other dangerous weapons. Initial investigation revealed that Sumo Karami and his gang members were responsible for the kidnapping of the Pupils and their Teachers in Emure-Ekiti on 29th January, 2024.

Meanwhile, the phone used to demand for ransom for the release of the Pupils and the Teachers was recovered from the suspects and effort intensified led to the arrest of two (2) among the gang members, namely: Yahaya Jubril and Usman Garba in Owo forest, Ondo State.

Further investigation led to the arrest of one Kenneth Ugwu in Ibadan, Oyo State, on 14/02/2024. The suspect, during interrogation, confessed to be a member of a kidnapping syndicate who kidnapped 5 Pupils, three (3) teachers and a driver in Emure-Ekiti who was allegedly killed by the kidnappers. The suspect led a team of RRS operatives to the kidnapper’s hideout inside Agric Reserved Forest between Ise-Ekiti/Emure-Ekiti. On sighting the Police, the armed hoodlums engaged the team in a gun duel. In the process, one of the gang members who was later identified as AYUBA was neutralized, one Abubakar Mohammed a.k.a Smallie was captured alive while other gang members escaped through the forest. Investigation revealed that the syndicate was responsible for the kidnapping of one Paul Omotosho, the APC Chairman, Ekiti State, along Agbado/Imesi, Ekiti road on 08/07/2023, the kidnapping of Mr. and Mrs. Awoniyi along Ikere/Itaogbolu road in the month of January this year and the kidnapping of teachers and pupils of Apostolic Faith Secondary School, Emure-Ekiti on 29th January, 2024.

Nice one

Go and kill them, they are not worthy to live.

Well done to the Ekiti State Police Command.

Now, we see that Miyetti Allah vigilante and most of Miyetti Allah members are the kidnappers ruining lives. That body must be proscribed and the members arrested. They are terrorists.

Kill them all!

It's always these despicable people. Their sympathizers politicizing the issue, accusing others of ethnic profiling should come and defend them as usual. Every state in the south had better take control of and secure their forests from them.....the rubbish they call cattle herding is not reasonable in modern day. Most of them are criminals roaming about under the guise of herding. They even have the guts to be planning sack a modern dairy farm in Ikun Ekiti. Something they should replicate they want to plunder.

Nice one guys, the RRS guys should be brutal like SARS. No more Buhari to cover them up

Hopefully state police is coming soon, all these Fulani kidnappers will be buried in the forest where they are caught

tnerro1:
Hopefully state police is coming soon, all these Fulani kidnappers will be buried in the forest where they are caught

No body will bury them. They should be eaten by vultures.

NewYorkCity:


No body will bury them. They should be eaten by vultures.

We have to show we are clean people, we don’t want the federal police asking to many questions 😉

Good job by the valiant RRS . Keep it up.
We are seeing arrests, unlike buhari regime, where NO arrests are ever made. AND we are seeing that the terrorists are 90% the same people, fulanis and some hausa abetters that are entering other regions in the country to destabilise and terrorise mainly law-abiding people!!!

State Police is LONG OVERDUE~
See that inept and inconsequential fmr Efcc chairperson talking absolute stupidity, farida waziri, saying State police is not ripe for Nigeria.

Oh, how I wish they can kidnap her one day for two-weeks , and let's see whether her narrative will still be the same. Yeye woman!


MOST OF THE NORTHERNERS PAMPER THEIR YOUNG ONES FROM BIRTH, LEAVE THEM TO DO ALMOST ANYTHING...THEY GROW UP AND BECOME TERRORISTS THAT THE ENTIRE COUNTRY WILL SPEND SO MUCH MONEY MANAGING....SPOILT BRATS!