POLICE RESCUE ABDUCTED FIVE-YEAR-OLD GIRL, ARREST TWO SUSPECTS IN OYO
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By Aishat Momoh. O.
The Oyo State Police Command has rescued a five-year-old kidnapping victim, Fikayo Gbemiga, and arrested two suspects who allegedly abducted the child and demanded a ₦10 million ransom from her family.
The victim was abducted on July 3, 2026, from her residence at Iyana Offa in Lagelu Local Government Area of Oyo State.
The suspects, identified as Seyi Adegboye and Adefemi Adegboye, were arrested by operatives of the command’s Anti-Kidnapping Squad.
The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Olayinka Ayanlade, disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday.
According to Ayanlade, the suspects were tracked and apprehended through intelligence-driven investigations and the deployment of technological tools.
“The suspects were arrested by the anti-kidnapping squads who deployed technological and other investigative tools to trace and identify them,” he said.
He explained that the operation culminated in the arrest of the principal suspects on Saturday, July 11, 2026, at about 10:30 p.m. at their hideout in the Mojoyin Molade area of Iwo Road, Ibadan.
“The preliminary investigation revealed that the suspects unlawfully gained access to the complainant’s residence and abducted the five-year-old victim before demanding a ransom of ₦10 million for her release,” Ayanlade stated.
He added that acting on credible intelligence, operatives stormed the hideout and rescued the child unharmed at about 10:35 p.m.
“The operation also led to the arrest of the suspects before they could relocate the child or evade justice,” he said.
According to the police spokesperson, investigations revealed that the suspects had already received ₦1 million as ransom from the victim’s family in Gbongan, Osun State, before their arrest.
Ayanlade said the suspects were cooperating with investigators, while efforts were ongoing to recover the ransom already paid and apprehend other members of the kidnapping syndicate who remain at large.
The development comes two days after a 60-year-old farmer, Mathew Owoade, who was abducted along the Igbojaye–Budo Aare bush road in Itesiwaju Local Government Area of the state, regained his freedom.
Ayanlade said the farmer’s rescue followed the immediate deployment of a coordinated joint security operation and sustained investigative efforts by the command.
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