Police personnel has arrested a notorious suspected kidnapper, Mohammed Bello, who had been involved in criminal activities in Egbe, Isanlu and surrounding areas of Kogi state.
The notorious kidnapper, also lnown as ‘Dandolo’ was arrested by men of the Kwara State Police Command.
In a statement on Thursday, Police Public Relations Officer, Kwara State Command, DSP Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, said Dandolo’s arrest was made possible following an actionable intelligence received from Egbe, Kogi State, indicating that the suspect had fled to Patigi, Kwara State, to evade arrest.
“Upon receiving the information, the Command immediately deployed a surveillance team to track the suspect’s movements. A thorough search of various locations, including hotels in Patigi, was conducted. Eventually, the suspect was apprehended at an undisclosed location.
“This operation was carried out in collaboration with the Nigerian Army Forward Operation Base (FOB) in Egbe, Kogi State, led by Lieutenant Isah,” the statement read.
The suspect has been transferred to the anti-kidnapping unit of the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) Ilorin for further investigation.
Mohammed Bello has confessed to several kidnapping incidents along the Omu-aran-Ilofa-Osi-Eruku-Egbe road in Kwara state; and also kidnap incidents along the Lagos-Ibadan express way.
