By Ifedayo Adeniyi
Operatives of the Ogun Sate-owned security outfit, the So-Safe Corps, have arrested a suspected ritualist with a child in his possession.
The suspect, Alani Sunday, was arrested on Wednesday during a routine patrol at Tolase village in Odeda local government area of the state.
Spokesperson of the So-Safe Corps, Moruf Yusuf, said the middle-aged man was nabbed “while he was attempting to escape with a child of about one and a half years old.”
According to him, Sunday had confessed to the corps that he was taken the kidnapped child to his accomplices, who he said, are kidnappers and ritualists.
“Upon interrogation by the Ilugun Special Squad of the Corps, Alani Sunday, who claimed to be an indigene of Ogun State, confessed that he was taking the child to his other co-kidnappers/ritualists,” Yusuf explained.
He added that an Automated Teller Machine Card (ATM card) and a handset were found on the suspect.
He stated further that, “the suspect and the items found on him were transferred to the Nigeria Police Force, Odeda Divisional Headquarters for further investigation and prosecution.”
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