The police command in Oyo state has arrested 16 Fulani herdsmen who kidnapped WAEC officials in the state, speaking with  newsmen in the in the command headquarters Thursday, the State Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Odude said the suspects were nabbed by the authorities who worked together with local vigilante in an operation that lasted for 10 days.

The police boss disclosed they were supposedly recruited from Zamfara State by a kingpin who's also from Zamfara. He's still being wanted by the authorities after he escaped arrest.

Odude disclosed that the gang kidnapped many people and killed a few of them with enormous ransom gathered before they released a number of their victims.

“A deadly dare devil murderous itinerant armed robbery and kidnap gang had been terrorising the peaceful town of Kishi , Igboho and Igbeti in Oyo State, killing innocent victims after dispossessing them of their valuables,” he said.

“The hoodlums, numbering about 25 , who are mainly herdsmen, were recruited by one Kire, a notorious armed robbery kingpin from Zmfara State. They hide their victims in their seemingly impregnable fortress at the Old Oyo National Park for some days before freeing them after collecting huge ransom from their distraught and helpless family members.

“Working with local vigilante in the area, the police, after receiving a report about the gang’s activities , busted the gang and three suspected members arrested.

“They are Mohammed Kote, 25 ; Mohammad Legi , 26 and Kire Babuga, 20. They were arrested in their criminal hideout along Kishi/Igboho road and inside the Old Oyo National Park, Igbeti.”

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