Hersdmen ‘Mounted Roadblock’ Along Abeokuta Way To Kidnap, Kill – Police

Six suspected herdsmen allegedly responsible for multiple kidnapping and killing of a driver have been arrested and paraded by the police.

The Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 2 Command, Ahmed Iliyasu, who paraded them in Lagos on Wednesday said the yet-to-be-identified driver was killed
during an attempt to abduct a female police inspector on the Ayetoro-Abeokuta Expressway in the Yewa area of Ogun State.

The AIG said the driver was conveying a woman when the herdsmen attacked them.

He said the driver suddenly realised that an ambush had been laid by the herdsmen, but while attempting to escape, one of the suspects shot and killed him.

Iliyasu, who identified the suspects as Adamu Saliu, 25; Ibrahim Mohammed, 33; Abubakar Sadiq, 24; Tambaye Mohammed, 25; Adamu Sulaiman; and Akanni Musa, 38, said they would be arraigned soon.

He said, “These criminals mounted a roadblock on the Ayetoro-Abeokuta Road in Yewa, during which a police inspector ran into them. While they were manhandling her, the driver of a car coming behind attempted to escape their onslaught, but they opened fire on him and killed him.

“Thereafter, the other female occupant of the vehicle was kidnapped alongside the female inspector, taken into a forest for three days before they were released after the payment of ransom by their relatives.”

The same gang was said to have been responsible for the abduction of an official of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, and a businessman, identified simply as Alhaji Umar. The gang, it was said, was also responsible for the killing of a cattle herder, known as Alhaji Oro.

He said the family of the NSCDC official was said to have paid N3m to secure his release. However, Oro was unlucky as the AIG said he was killed despite that the criminals collected N4m ransom.

“Despite the payment of the N4m demanded as ransom, these men shot and killed him (Oro).

“These men traced another target, identified as Umaru, to Awaiye in Oyo State, ambushed him on his way to the farm and held him captive for two days until he was able to meet the kidnappers’ demand of N1m.”

One of the suspects, Saliu, said he was part of the gang that kidnapped Umaru. He said the gang knew that he had money.