Why We Kidnapped AIG Odumosu’s Wife, By Suspects

Suspected kidnappers of Mrs. A. Odumosu, one of the wives of retired Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG), Hakeem Odumosu, has revealed they were contracted by a man to do the job.

The suspects, identified as Agbojule Smart, 27, and Keleke Michael, 30, in a confessional video seen by The Nation, said they came from Arogbo in Ondo State to execute the mission.

Mrs. Odumosu was kidnapped by four masked gunmen around 9:55pm on January 16 at her residence and whisked away through the creeks.

Her kidnappers were alleged to have forced her out of her Lexus Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) as she was about to drive into the residence located at Aminu Street, Orange Estate in Arepo, Ogun State.

Eight days after she was kidnapped, the police said they rescued her from a creek in Ikorodu, killed the suspects, recovered the N10 million ransom,

four Ak-47 rifles, three local single barrel rifles and ammunition of various calibers.

The following day, the police confirmed the arrest of two more suspects with additional N2,250,000, two local fabricated rifles and 11 live cartridges.

But in the video, the suspects said they stormed the woman’s residence with three local gun including a double barrel.

They claimed that they held the woman hostage for one week and two days behind her house, adding that because of the palm trees there, it was not possible for the police rescue team to locate them.

Asked the name of the man who gave them the job, the suspects claimed they did not know him, adding that it was their other team members that knew him.

“I got there from Arogbo. One man gave us the job. I don’t know him but the two people that were with me know him.

“There are four people plus the person I don’t know, that’s five.

Source: The Nation

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