Two arrested as soldiers burst kidnappers’ den in Kwara forest

Two suspected kidnappers were arrested on Friday afternoon, April 30, after soldiers burst a hideout of kidnappers in Oke Ero area of Kwara State.

It was gathered that the soldiers, acting on intelligence stormed the forest in between Kwara and Ekiti states and arrested the kidnappers, recovering cash including hard currency from them. 

A source in the area, who spoke to SaharaReporters, disclosed that the kidnappers had been notorious for several kidnapping incidents in the area, adding that the criminals had “just collected ransoms from some of their victims.”