Officers of the Osun State Security Network Agency (Amotekun Corps), have nabbed a 31-year-old suspected kidnapper, Banjo Olaniyi for allegedly abducting 24-year-old Damilare Akinranti.
According to a press statement made available by the Osun Amotekun Corps Commander, Brigadier General Bashir Adewinmbi, (Rtd), on Saturday, Akinranti disappeared after the suspect lured her.
The victim was reported to have been missing since November 6, 2022 after reportedly following the suspect to a farm. All efforts made by her family to locate her since then have been unsuccessful.
He said “The suspect was understood to have on that fateful day convinced the victim to follow him to a farm in Iguede, Area 5, a distant farm in that same Local Government Area; only for her to get missing.
“The suspect who lured his victim to a farm in Iguede without her family members knowledge, had since absconded from home, when it was discovered that he took her to a farm in Iguede and did not return with her.”
The suspect was arrested in Jagun village of Irewole Local Government Area of the state where he had ran to in order to evade arrest.
“A complaint was lodged against the suspect by the family of the missing person at the Ife North Command of the Corps and following a tip-off from our extensive intelligence gathering network, the suspect was apprehended.
“The suspect confessed to have actually lured the missing person and many others to the same farm in years past.”
The suspect has been handed over to the National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons and Other Related Matters (NAPTIP) for further interrogation and prosecution.
