Suspected Kidnappers Escape With Gunshot Wounds, N20m Cash Ransom Recovered
Kayode Oguntona
The commander, Vigilante Group of Nigeria, VGN Oyo state command, Comrade Sunday Olajide has called for a robust synergy between government security agencies and recognized, registered vigilante groups to enhance protection of lives and property at the grassroots.
Comrade Olajide made this call while commenting on the operation that led to recovery of twenty million naira cash ransom paid by one Alhaji Module (d.m.d) as a bait to secure the release of his two sons from kidnappers den.
Radio Nigeria gathered that two young men, Umoru Abubakar aged twenty two years and Timbaya Abubakar aged eighteen years were abducted from their Igbeti, Oyo state home last weekend following which the suspects demanded a ransom for their release.
However, unknown to the criminals, operatives of the Vigilante Group of Nigeria, VGN were contacted by the victim’s relations and both worked out a plan to burst the crime.
The plan, it was gathered, became the bait that led to a gun duel between the suspected kidnappers and the Vigilantes inside the forest where the criminals were sharing the money.
Three of the suspects reportedly escaped with gunshot injuries leaving behind the cash ransom which according to the Vigilante group has been returned to the owner.
Meanwhile, the kidnapped victims were rescued
