Three suspects have been detained by the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly attempting to kidnap their former boss in Ijebu Ode.
Peter Nse, 24, Chuckwuma Nwobodo, 48, and Michael Umanah, 30, were detained after their former boss Ifenuga Olayinka filed a complaint of distress with the Igbeba divisional headquarters.
Olayinka reported receiving a text message from someone identifying themselves as a "Killer Vagabond of Africa" urging him to deposit $5 million into a bank account or risk being abducted.
According to a statement from the police, CSP Musiliu Doga, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of the Igbeba division, gave his detectives the task of figuring out who was responsible for the communication from the devil.
“The detectives there and then embarked on a technical and intelligence-based investigation which led them to Anambra state where two of the suspects namely Peter Nse and Chuckwuma Nwobodo were arrested,” the police said.
“Their arrest led the detectives to Ago Iwoye where the third suspect Michael Umanah was apprehended.”
The suspects were later brought before the complainant, Olayinka, who identified them as his former employees. Police said Olayinka disclosed that he had sacked them not long ago for misconduct.
The three suspects confessed that they planned to kidnapped Olayinka because they were not happy with how their employment was terminated.
The Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, has directed that the suspects be transferred to the anti-kidnapping unit in the state criminal investigation department for investigation.