Operatives of Ogun State Command of Nigeria Police in the early hours of Friday arrested two brothers, Ayomide Babatunde and Gbenga Babatunde for kidnapping a woman and her nine years old son for ritual purposes.
Abimbola Oyeyemi, the command spokesman, disclosed this in a statement on Friday, December 30, 2022, available to journalists in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital.
Oyeyemi said, the suspected brothers were arrested following information received by policemen at Oja Odan divisional headquarters.
According to him, the two brothers were negotiating on phone to sell a human being either in parts or alive depending on how the buyer wants it for money making ritual.
Oyeyemi said “the supposed buyer, one Jacob Olorunto then informed the Baale of the community about the intention of the suspects, and the Baale quickly informed the police”.
“The supposed buyer was advised by the Police to play along with them in order to save the would be victim”.
“On the 27th of December 2022, the suspects called the supposed buyer Jacob Olorunto and informed him that they have two human beings, a woman and her male child for sale”.
“They negotiated and settled for six hundred thousand naira (#600,000) as the price for the two persons”.
“On the 29th of December 2022, one of the suspects, Ayomide Babatunde went to Ilaro and lured his 45 years old woman friend by name Taye Oluwole to follow him to Oja Odan with her 9 years old son, Remilekun Oluwole in order to celebrate New year with his father”.
“The woman innocently agreed to follow him, and along the road, they stopped over to pick the second suspect Gbenga Babatunde”.
“The two suspects from there, took the victims to Igbo Obe area of oja odan to meet the supposed buyer Jacob Olorunto, but they were rounded up by policemen in collaboration with some youths in the area at about 12:30 midnight, while the woman and her son were rescued”.
“The two suspects have confessed to the commission of the crime”.
Meanwhile, the State Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, has ordered that the brothers be transferred to State Criminal Investigation Departments for further investigation and diligent prosecution.
London-bound Man Abducted From Lagos ‘Danfo’ Bus Says Ritualist’s Charm Rejected Him
Gbenga Maxwell Ajayi, a 40-year-old man, who was abducted on his way to Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, has regained his freedom because the ritualist said their charm would not work on him.
The father of four was abducted last Friday, on boarding a commercial vehicle from Ijaye area of Lagos.
He regained his freedom the day after his abduction, as his abductors noticed that he could not be useful for ritual purpose.
Narrating his ordeal to Vanguard at his Ijaye residence, Gbenga said he boarded a commercial vehicle whose occupants dozed off having inhaled perfume sprayed by the bus conductor.
The victim, who was seen with bruises on his leg during Vanguard’s visit to his residence, said: “I can’t give details of what transpired while in the bus.
“But what I noticed was that the conductor was waving money to everyone which resulted in us dozing off.
“I initially sent a message to my travel agent that I wanted to order for a taxi, but I later discharged the rider when he opted for an offline transaction as a result of traffic gridlock.
“I, thereafter, joined a public transport heading to Oshodi. Unfortunately we all dozed off after inhaling the perfume.
“When I woke up, I saw myself and other passengers in a very fine apartment. But we all looked dizzy with white stain on our bodies.
“I heard an old man giving order for my release and that of another person, saying none of us could be used for ritual purposes.
“Immediately, the charms placed on our heads were removed. We were blindfolded and driven to an area later identified as Epe.”
The victim’s brother, Seyi Ajayi, said Gbenga told them that all the passengers were already clothed in black clothes. Then a man placed a calabash on their heads one after the other.
“He said if the charm worked on the person, he or she would be taken away,” Seyi added.
Recall that Gbenga had sent a WhatsApp message to someone, stating that something was being sprayed in the bus he boarded and that passengers were feeling dizzy.
According to reports, he was supposed to travel to London with Ethiopian Airlines whose departure time was by 1:40pm on Friday and to arrive in London 6:35pm on Saturday, November 18, 2022.
However, he was later declared missing after the person that was supposed to receive him in London said he was not onboard.
