Arrested suspects confess Odumosu’s wife was held captive at the back of her house
By Jeph Ajobaju, Chief Copy Editor
Arrested suspects in the kidnap of Folashade, the wife of retired Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) Hakeem Odumosu, have confessed on tape that they were contracted by a man to commit the crime.
Agbojule Smart, 27, and Keleke Michael, 30, in a confessional video sent to The Nation said they came from Arogbo in Ondo to execute the mission in Ogun.
In the video, the suspects said they stormed the woman’s residence with three locally made guns, including a double barrel.
They claimed they held her hostage for one week and two days behind her house, adding that because of the palm trees there, it was not possible for the police rescue team to locate them.
Asked for the name of the man who gave them the job, the suspects claimed they did not know him but their other team members know him.
“I got there from Arogbo. One man gave us the job. I don’t know him but the two people that were with me know him,” one of the suspects said.
“We are four people plus the person I don’t know, that’s five. We went there with three local guns. I am telling you the truth. I can’t lie sir. But one is double (barrel), the remaining two are single (barrels).
“We kidnapped the woman from Arepo side and carried her to the back of her house because there are many palm trees in the bush. We kept her for like one week and two days.
“We demanded N40 million, they paid N20 million. I collected N4.250 million, my brothers also collected the same.”
The man claimed that they dropped the money in the vehicle they were in when the police blocked it.
“As they blocked the vehicle we were in, we dropped the money inside and left. I got down from the vehicle and I don’t know what happened after I left.
“I dropped it inside the seat in front of me. I don’t know the man that asked us to kidnap her. If I knew him, I would have said it. But those two people wearing blue know the man>”
The second suspect corroborated the confession of his alleged accomplice that they held Folashade hostage at the back of her house, claiming they were there when the police conducted a search of the place.
Said he: “We were at the back of the house around the palm trees. If someone hides there, you cannot see the person.”
The suspects disclosed they fed the woman while she was in their custody.
They claimed not to know the whereabouts of the other suspects.
Folashade was abducted by four masked gunmen around 9:55pm on January 16 at her residence and whisked away through the creeks.
They allegedly forced her out of her Lexus Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) as she was about driving into the residence on Aminu Street on Orange Estate, Arepo in Ogun.
A week after she was kidnapped, police disclosed on January 23 they rescued her from a creek in Ikorodu, killed two suspects, and recovered N10 million ransom, four Ak-47 rifles, three locally made single barrel rifles and ammunition of various calibre.
The following day, the police confirmed the arrest of two suspects with additional N2,250,000 recovered along with two locally fabricated rifles and 11 live cartridges.
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