The Ogun State Community, Social Orientation and Safety Corps, codenamed So-Safe Corps, has rescued a 17-year-old boy who was allegedly kidnapped by yet-to-be- identified suspects.
This was contained in a press statement issued from the Office of the State Commander of the Corps, Commander (Dr) Soji Ganzallo through the Office of the Director of Information and Public Relations of the Corps, Assistant Commander Moruf Yusuf.
The statement read that on Tuesday, January 30, 2024 one Sunday Iboin came to Olorunda Post of the Corps to report that his son, Otohu Moses, was kidnapped at Olorunsogo Community, Olorunda in Abeokuta North Local Government Area at about 10:15pm on Monday, January 29, when he went out to ease himself at the back of the house.
It was said that when Sunday didn’t see his son returning inside the home, he called his phone number several times and a man picked it and told him in Yoruba language that his son had been kidnapped.
Ganzallo stated that the father reported the kidnappers to have asked for N1.5 million as ransom.
The victim’s father also expressed suspicion of one of his neighbours as the mastermind of the kidnapping.
Ganzallo noted that the operational team of the Corps strategised, swung into action and then took war to the alleged suspected kidnappers in the forest, some kilometres away from the point of kidnapping.
He said that the boy was rescued unhurt, though with marks of whip on his body, while the three armed kidnappers sighted escaped on a motorcycle.
He added that the rescued victim had been transferred to Imala Division of Ogun State Police Command for further investigation.
