The Ogun State Neighborhood, Social Orientation and Security Corps, codenamed So-Protected Corps, has rescued a 17-year-old boy, Otohu Moses, who was reportedly kidnapped on Monday.
The sufferer's father, Sunday Iboin, was stated to have reported the incident to the So-Protected Corps on Tuesday, explaining that his son was kidnapped when he went to loosen up in the back of the home.
His kidnappers, believed to be locals, reportedly demanded a ransom of $1.5 million.
This was contained in a press assertion issued on Wednesday by the Workplace of the State Commander of the Corps, Soji Ganzallo, by the Workplace of the Director of Data and Public Relations, Moruf Yusuf.
The assertion learn partially: “On Tuesday, January 30, 2024, Iboin got here to the Olorunda Publish of the corps on a Sunday to report that his son, Otohu Moses, had been kidnapped at about 10:15 pm at Olorunsogo neighborhood, Olorunda in Abeokuta Native Authorities Space North. Monday, January 29, 2024 as he went exterior to loosen up in the back of the home.
“When his son couldn’t be seen returning on time on Sunday, he referred to as his cellphone quantity a number of occasions and a person picked it up and informed him in Yoruba that his son had already been kidnapped.
“The daddy additionally stated the suspected kidnappers demanded a ransom of N1,500,000.
“The sufferer's father informed us he suspected one in all his neighbors was the mastermind behind the kidnapping.”
The assertion additional revealed that “the corps operational group strategized, swung into motion and subsequently waged conflict towards the alleged suspected kidnappers within the forest, a number of kilometers away from the purpose of kidnapping, and the boy was rescued unhurt, although with marks of stick on his physique whereas the three armed kidnappers escaped on one motorbike.
The rescued sufferer was stated to have been handed over to operatives of the State Police Command hooked up to the Imala Divisional Police Headquarters.
