Oyo notorious kidnap kingpin arrested in Ogun while recruiting new gang 

Bankole Taiwo, Abeokuta

A notorious kidnap kingpin, Usman Hassan who escaped from Oyo State after killing one of their victims has been  apprehended by operatives of Ogun State police command.

According to statement from the Spokesman of the state police command, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi on Monday, Usman Hassan was said to have ran to Ogun State after his gang members were arrested by the police. Usman and his gang members were said to have kidnap a farm owner at Solalu village, Oyo State and killed him despite collecting ransome.

According to the statement,  “On getting to Ogun State, Usman started recruiting other Fulani men to form another kidnap gang in Ogun State. He ran out of luck when detectives of Ogun State police Command got information about his activity from those Fulanis he had tried to recruit into his kidnap team.

“His hideout in Imala area was stormed by the detectives and he was promptly arrested.

On interrogation, he confessed that he conspired with his biological brother one Tahiru Usman and others to kidnap their victim in Akinyele area of Ibadan and that they decided to kill the man after collecting ransome because the man can identify them.”

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Edward A. Ajogun has directed that the suspect be transferred to the Anti-kidnapping Unit of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for onward transfer to Oyo State Command where he will be prosecuted.