A 56-year-old man simply identified as Iliasu and his three sons — Usman, 33; Wahab, 27; and Yakubu, 18, have been arrested in Ondo State for alleged kidnap.
The family members were arrested over the alleged abduction of a man in Oba Akoko, Akoko South-West Local Government Area of the state.
The Ondo State Security Network Agency, also known as the Amotekun Corps said this at the corps’ headquarters in Akure, the state capital, on Tuesday.
Speaking to newsmen, Commander of the Amotekun Corps, Akogun Adetunji Adeleye, alleged that the family had been involved in kidnapping activities, using cattle as a decoy for their operations.
“There is a particular suspect that we have been trailing since 2024 over kidnapping activities in the Northern Senatorial District. I’m glad to let you know that the long arm of the law finally caught up with him during an operation we carried out in the last four days.
“In the same operation, the victim was kidnapped on his way to Oba Akoko, and the family promptly arranged the ransom without informing Amotekun. Despite paying the ransom, the kidnappers refused to release the victim.
“They also threatened the family not to report the incident.
“After collecting the ransom, they still refused to release the victim, which eventually prompted the family to report the case to the Amotekun office. We immediately swung into action. At the end of the day, we found that a father and his three sons were directly involved, using cattle as a cover,” Adeleye narrated.
