A 37-year-old kidnapper, Olarinde Adekunle, has been arrested over his threat to abduct students of a private university in Oyo State.
Adekunle, according to the Oyo State Police Command on Monday, who made his arrest wrote the unnamed university a letter with his handwriting and phone number included.
In it, the suspect threatened to kidnap three students and demanded ten million naira to deter him.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Adewale Osifeso, while parading the suspect, said the threat sparked panic in the university community including taking a toll on academic activities.
On receipt of the situation, Osifeso narrated that the police swung into action setting a trap for the suspect, which he fell into.
Giving the details, “A notorious kidnapping syndicate sent a ‘hand-written’ note to the management of a private university institution, in Oyo town wherein they threatened to abduct three of its students should the management fail to pay up (N10,000,000) ten million naira within a stipulated period.
“Consequent upon the above, discreet forensic based investigations were carried out and this led to the arrest of one Azeez Mufutau ‘M’ whose phone numbers were inscribed on the ‘hand-written notes’ sent to both the school management and the bank.
“Upon questioning, the suspect confirmed that the phone number on the note was his but denied being the author of the document.
“The investigation further led to the arrest of one Olarinde Adekunle ‘M’ age 37 who confessed to being the author the hand-written notes under scrutiny and added that Azeez Mufutau was used as a decoy for the purpose of concealing his direct involvement.”
