Unidentified gunmen invaded a mosque in Abeokuta’s Soyoye area, seizing a police inspector and two other worshippers.
Inspector Kamarudeen Bello, a police officer, was kidnapped last Sunday at about 8 p.m. while worshiping at a mosque.
insightnaijaTV learned that the police officer is assigned to one of the divisional police headquarters in Abeokuta, the state capital of Ogun.
Bello, whose wife had given birth four days before the event, is said to be the mosque’s Imam.
“After he was abducted alongside two others, the kidnappers called to demand N5 million ransom for the release of each of the victims. But with pleadings and negotiations, the money was reduced” a source said.
“The wife of Inspector Kamarudeen was contacted with the phone number of one of the kidnapped victims,” said the source, who did not want to be identified.
Bello was not in uniform or wearing any identification when he was kidnapped in the mosque, thus the kidnappers had no idea he was a police officer.
“Most of us were scared when they kidnapped him; we didn’t want them to know he is a policeman. If they knew, they might have killed him over fear that he would aid their arrest,” another source stated.
According to a reports, the policeman and others kidnapped with him have been released before the week ran out, after the payment of ransom.
“I don’t know how much each of them paid, but I think the police Inspector parted with about N700,000 before he was released,” it was gathered on Thursday.
Abimbola Oyeyemi, the Public Relations Officer for the Ogun State Police, confirmed the kidnapping to newsmen.
Oyeyemi, on the other hand, stated he was unaware of any ransom payment.
He went on to say that the police will not back down in their efforts to apprehend kidnappers and other criminals terrorizing the state.
