How Police Rescued Lafia Hospital CMD's Son and Staff From Kidnappers

The Ogun State Police Command, on Monday opened up on how Kayode, the son of Dr. Sule, the Chief Medical Director of Lafia Hospital, Apata, Ibadan was rescued from gunmen who abducted him and three of his father’s staff.

Giving details of the rescue operation, Abimbola Oyeyemi, a Deputy Superintendent and spokesman of the command disclosed that the Ogun State Police Command deployed high powered security operatives to the scene of the incident with a clear mandate to rescue the victims unhurt as well as bring the perpetrators to book.

“The team, led by the Deputy Commissioner of Police in-charge of Operations embarked on technical and forensic investigation as a result of which the kidnappers’ hideout was geo-located within Fidiwo/Onigari forest along Lagos-Ibadan express way.

To complement the efforts of the Command, the Inspector General of Police graciously sent a police helicopter with which the area viewed was properly surveyed”, Oyeyemi stated.

He went on that “having located the hoodlums’ hideout, the place was smoked through the chopper, which left the hoodlums with no other alternative than to hurriedly push out their victims from captivity. It was there and then we discovered that apart from three persons abducted on the 23^rd July, another four persons were abducted on the 24^th but not reported.

In all, seven victims were successfully rescued on 27th July 2019, and they have all been re-united with their families”.

The police spokesman revealed that one suspect who is strongly believed to have taken part in the kidnap was arrested. “He is currently assisting the police in our investigation”, DSP Oyeyemi stated.

He also made it known that a comprehensive intelligence based raid was carried out in all the surrounding forests as well as the vulnerable points in the area where about 40 suspects were arrested with all sort of illicit drugs. He said the arrested suspects are all being investigated and those found culpable among them will be arraigned before a court of competent jurisdiction.