Police rescue 2-yr-old kidnapped by uncle

Police rescue 2-yr-old kidnapped by
uncle
on october 28, 2013 at 8:00 am in news
By DAYO JOHNSON
AKURE— DETECTIVES in Ondo State have rescued
a two and half years old boy, Modupeoluwa Saka,
who was kidnapped by his uncle, Taju Ayuba, at
Ijebu-Owo, Owo Local Government Area of the
state.
Police spokesman, Wole Ogodo, said the operatives
of the State Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, rescued the
victim from the kidnappers’ hideout after five days
in their den. He said no ransom was paid.
The boy was said to have been tied to a chair in an
uncompleted building along a road that leads to a
popular private university in the town, when he was
rescued.
Ondo State Police Command has sent its men to
search for and arrest the principal suspect, Ayuba,
who was said to be on the run.
Two of the kidnap suspects, Ganiyu Oseni (29) of
43, Oke-Ijebu Owo and Oderinde Joshua (18) of
Owaluwa Street, Owo, have been arrested by
detectives.
During interrogation, the two suspects reportedly
fingered the victim’s uncle (Taju) as the person that
masterminded the kidnap.
Father of the victim, Hassan Saka, who is a
proprietor of a popular school in Ijebu-Owo, is half-
brother to the suspect.
Police source said that the three suspects invaded
the residence of the victim’s father at about 9p.m.,
stole N50,000 and also forcefully took the victim
from the mother.
The kidnappers escaped on a motorcycle and after
some hours put a call across to the victim’s father,
requesting for N4.5 million as ransom to release
Amos.
The case was said to have been reported to SARS
and the operatives swung into action.
Vanguard gathered that during investigation, a prime
suspect, Oderinde, who was feeding the victim at
their hideout, was arrested.
Ogodo said Oseni and Oderinde confessed that they
kidnapped the victim in the presence of the mother
at gunpoint and collected her money.