Mr. Adeyemi Ogunjemilusi, the Kogi State Commissioner of Police, on Tuesday said the command had arrested three suspected kidnappers and recovered N2,533,500 from them.

According Ogunjemilusi, television set, generator set, CD player, clothes and standing fan are other items recovered from the suspects.

Parading the suspects, Muhammed Mayaki, Abdulaziz Sani‎ and Usman Abdulrahaman in Lokoja, the state capital, he stated that the suspects allegedly kidnapped a Chinese, working with Ceramic industry in Ajaokuta Local Government Area of the state.

The Police Commissioner alleged that the suspects, alongside one now at large, identified simply as Nda on April 27, kidnapped the Chinese and collected N5m ransom from the company and later released the victim.

He said the gang leader, who is still at large, only submitted N3.5m to his gang for sharing after he had collected the N5m ransom.

Ogunjemilusi also paraded Amao Gbadebo for allegedly threatening to kidnap a top ECOWAS official in a hospital in Egbe, Yagba East LGA.

According to the CP, the suspect also collected ransom from them and fled to Osun State, where the police later arrested him.

He said, “On Saturday, the police also foiled an attempt by some hoodlums to again kidnap another Chinese national working with Dangote Cement Company factory at Obajana. One of the officers, who was
seriously injured in the process, ‎is receiving treatment at the hospital.

“The reason for the increase (in kidnappings) was that the families of the victims do not want the police to be fully involved in the negotiation with the kidnappers because they are afraid that the kidnapper would kill the victims. We are calling on them to always allow security agencies to take control of the situation.”