Operatives of the Oyo State Police Command have rescued a 15-year-old boy kidnapped from Akinyele Native Govt House.
Additionally they killed a suspected kidnapper all over a gun duel alongside the Awe–Iwo Street axis, as a manhunt continues for fleeing contributors of the crowd.
The sufferer, recognized as Sumaila Muhammadu, was once kidnapped from the Onidundun house of Akinyele on October 18, 2026, whilst the abductors had been reportedly not easy a ransom for his unlock.
The Police Public Members of the family Officer, DSP Ayanlade Olayinka, mentioned in a remark on Sunday that the Command won credible intelligence concerning the incident at about 5pm on October 22.
Following the file, the Commissioner of Police, CP Abimbola Ayodeji Olugbenga, directed operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping Phase, AKS, running with the Oyo Zone Vigilante Staff of Nigeria, to rescue the sufferer and apprehend the suspects.
The operatives moved to the Pipeline, Ajagba axis alongside the Awe–Iwo Street, the place a gun duel broke out at about 9:30pm after the suspected kidnappers opened hearth at the advancing safety workforce.
“In spite of the assault, the operatives effectively rescued the sufferer, recognized as Sumaila Muhammadu, a 15-year-old male, whilst one yet-to-be-identified suspected kidnapper was once neutralised,” the remark mentioned.
The deceased suspect was once taken to a medical institution, the place a physician showed him useless, ahead of his frame was once deposited on the morgue.
The operatives additionally recovered an Android cell phone and a cutlass all over the operation.
The Command advised citizens, in particular the ones across the Awe–Iwo Street axis and neighbouring communities, to file any person with suspicious gunshot wounds, caution that such knowledge may assist observe down the fleeing suspects.
Scientific practitioners, medical institution directors and different healthcare staff had been additionally requested to inform the police if any person seeks remedy for gunshot accidents suspected to be attached with the incident. Studies can also be made on the nearest police station or during the Command’s established conversation channels.
The Commissioner of Police confident citizens that the Command would maintain intelligence-led operations and make stronger cooperation with different safety companies to dismantle felony networks and save you kidnapping around the state.
He advised the general public to offer well timed and credible knowledge to toughen safety efforts.