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Ogun Police nab suspected kidnapper selling children to Benin Republic
The police in Ogun State said they have arrested a member of a kidnapping and child trafficking gang, Tayo Adeleke.
According to the police, Adeleke and his gang are specialised in kidnapping children to sell in neighbouring Benin Republic.
According to reports, Adeleke is currently undergoing interrogation in police custody over a latest attempt he made with two other men, now at large, to steal children at Omu Pempe community in Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State on Tuesday.
It was gathered that the suspects had stormed the Baptist church in Omu Pempe at about 2:00 am with a motorcycle.
Their mission, it was learnt, was to cart away children from the church and sell them in the Republic of Benin but Luck ran against him.
Confirming the development, The Ogun State police spokesperson, Omolola Odutola, noted that Adeleke was apprehended with the joint effort of the police, the So-Safe Corps and other vigilante groups in the said community, even as his colleagues escaped through the bush.