Crime
Fleeing kidnap kingpin arrested in Ogun while trying to form new gang
Usman Hassan, a notorious kidnap kingpin who fled Oyo State after killing one of his victims, has been arrested in Ogun State while he was attempting to form a new gang.
Hassan, whose accomplices had earlier been arrested in Oyo after they kidnapped a farm owner at Solalu village, and subsequently killed him after collecting ransom, ran to Ogun State to hibernate.
The Police Public Relations Officer in Ogun state, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement on Monday, said the suspect was arrested while recruiting some Fulani men to form another gang in the state.
He said, “On getting to Ogun State, he started recruiting other Fulani men to form another kidnap gang in Ogun State. He ran out of luck when detectives of Ogun State Police Command got information about his activity from those Fulani he had tried to recruit into his kidnap team.
“His hideout in Imala area was stormed by the detectives and he was promptly arrested. On interrogation, he confessed that he conspired with his biological brother; one Tahiru Usman, and others to kidnap their victim in Akinyele area of Ibadan and that they decided to kill the man after collecting ransom because the man could identify them.”
The PPRO said the Commissioner of Police, Edward Ajogun, had directed that the suspect be transferred to the Anti-kidnapping Unit of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for onward transfer to Oyo State Command where he would be prosecuted.
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