Amotekun saves 6 abducted prospective corp members in Kogi, nabs 2 suspects

Six prospective corp members have been rescued by Ondo state Amotekun operative from kidnappers den in Kogi state.

The Kaduna-bound corpers were  kidnapped in the late hours of last Tuesday and were rescued on Thursday, while the suspects were arrested thereafter.

The victims, three males and three females, were travelling from Ondo town to the Kaduna State National Youth Service Corps orientation camp when abducted by gunmen on their way.

The Corps Commander of Amotekun in Ondo State, Adetunji Adeleye, said the corps received a call from a family member of one of the victims, who is an indigene of Ondo town that she was abducted on her way to the orientation camp in Kaduna State.

Adeleye said, “It was late in the night. Hours after the incident, we succeeded in getting the number, which the kidnappers used in contacting the families of the victims and demanding N10m, and we immediately did the tracking.

“We got their location, which showed that they were somewhere around Ijara in Kogi State, which is not too far from Kabba. We deployed our men from Ondo to the nearest local government to the location in Kogi State, who worked alongside the security agencies over there for a successful operation.

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“We were there for almost two days, mounting pressure on them. We did lots of tracking to get to their location. They wanted N10m, but we were able to reduce it to N2m. We stylishly agreed and asked them to send an account number, where the money would be sent to. We sent N1m into the account and tracked the owner of the account. We realised it was a First Bank account in Kogi State.

“We went after the kidnappers with the support of the DPO of the affected area and we succeeded.”

The Amotekun boss disclosed that two suspects were arrested, including the owner of the account.

According to him, the two suspects have been handed over to the Kogi State Police Command, while the six victims have been safely rescued.