TWO NOTORIOUS KIDNAPPERS ALLEGEDLY KILL EKITI FARMER AFTER COLLECTING N1.5M RANSOM
Two notorious kidnappers have confessed to killing a farmer, Segun Adams, in Ekiti State after collecting N1.5m ransom because he recognised one of them.
The culprits, Ojo Jubril and Job Mathew kidnapped the victim on his farm at Kajola, a farmstead in Ado Ekiti.
The duo was arrested during an expanded forest combing operation undertaken by operatives of the State Police Command and other security networks in the state.
Information available indicates that the suspects and six others were involved in kidnapping, murder, conspiracy and armed robbery.
The suspects were arrested on November 23, 2022, at about 3:30pm, while the command operatives were on a rescue operation inside Ijan – Ekiti, Gbonyin Local Government Area’s forest.
The suspects confessed that they kidnapped one Adams Segun, 55 years, in his Kajola Farm settlement, Ijan-Ekiti on November 16th, 2022.
They further confessed to various kidnappings in Ekiti State and mentioned one Daniel Matthew, Busuyi Popoola, and Daniel, second name unknown as their accomplices, that they were responsible for the killing of Adams Segun, one of their kidnap victims.
One cut-to-size single barrel and an expended cartridge were confiscated from the suspects.
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