We’re on Close Monitoring- Ogun CP
More than 48 hours after the kidnap of the wife of the Assistant Inspector General of Police Hakeem Odumosu (rtd), the police is yet to secure her release from her abductors.
Mrs. Odumosu was kidnapped by gunmen said to have numbered four inside the Arepo residential estate off the Lagos-Ibadan Highway Thursday night.
She was said to have been forced out of her car as she made to drive into her house when the masked men appeared and whisked her away through the swampy areas near the estate.
NPO Reports that her kidnap had caused panic with the Ogun state police command promising to get on the trail of the kidnappers.
When contacted Sunday morning, Commissioner of Police , Lanre Ogunlowo, told NPO Reports, “We are on close monitoring.”
While confirming the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta on Friday, CSP Omolola Odutola, spokesperson of the Ogun State Police Command said the State Police Command was swift in reacting to the abduction by deploying operatives to secure her release. She had confirmed that Mrs Odumosu was taken through swampy areas to an unknown location.
According to her, “Approximately 9:55 pm, information was received regarding the kidnapping of Mrs Odumosu, a female resident of Aminu Street, Orange Estate, Arepo, Ogun State. Reports indicate that she was about to enter her home when four masked men attacked her, dragged her from her Lexus jeep and took her through the swampy areas to an unknown location. The Divisional Police Officer has led a team of Police officers to the scene, where they are currently searching the swampy bush area. The Divisional Police Officer has also contacted Baale Warewa and Baale Maaba, to deploy local security forces to the riverine area.
Odutola added that “the State Commissioner of Police, Lanre Ogunlowo has been briefed and all covert operations have been deployed to assist with digital intelligence to ensure she is rescued unhurt”.