Men of the Ogun State Police Command has intercepted four suspected internet fraudsters on Monday 26, for allegedly abducting their colleagues over the sharing of proceeds from their fraud business.
According to reports, following an information from the Police at Owode Egba Divisional Headquarters about one Haruna Usman, who had been kidnapped and held under hostage somewhere in Orile,the CSP Popoola Olasunkanmi quickly mobilzed his men and four amongst the abductors were apprehended while two escaped.
The suspects are, Agbe Simeon ‘m’, Messiah Nicky ‘f’, Oladapo Dolapo ‘m’ and Yetunde Shonola ‘f’ were arrested at Orile imo village in Obafemi Owode local government area of Ogun state,
However, upon preliminary investigation, the victim and the suspects were noted to have belonged to an internet fraudster syndicate, and had recently swindled somebody whose identity is not yet known of sum of twenty six million, four hundred and thirty seven thousand, nine hundred and fifty naira (₦26,437,950), but the victim only gave the sum of ₦2,200 to his other colleagues, claiming that the money has not been paid completely by client. This infuriated colleagues who then lured him to an herbalist home at Orile Imo and held him hostage there since Thursday, 22nd of December 2022, with threat to kill him there if he refused to give them thier complete share.
However, they met their Waterloo as information got to the police who moved in, rescued the victim and apprehended four (4) amongst the abductors, while others escaped. Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole has directed the suspects be transferred to the
