Operatives of the Kwara State Police Command have arrested two foreign nationals identified as Yakubu Ismaila and Hadiza Kosia (female), both Togolese nationals, over an alleged foiled kidnap plot in Baruten Local Government Area of the state.
The police command recorded the successful disruption of a planned kidnapping and extortion scheme, leading to the arrest of the two suspects and the recovery of a mobile phone allegedly used in perpetrating the criminal act.
Spokesperson for the state police command, SP Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, in a statement issued in Ilorin on Thursday, disclosed that the operation followed a report received at the Okuta Police Division from one S. Ismaila of Okuta, who reported that he had received a series of threatening telephone calls from an anonymous caller demanding the sum of ₦22 million to avert his planned abduction.
The suspect further threatened to kidnap the complainant and murder his younger brother, Musa Ismaila, if the demand was not met.
Upon receipt of the report, police operatives immediately activated intelligence-driven operational strategies.
In collaboration with the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) and leveraging technical support, operatives swiftly tracked and arrested two suspects identified as Yakubu Ismaila (M) and Hadiza Kosia (F), both nationals of the Republic of Togo.
According to the spokesperson, “Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspects were directly linked to the criminal conspiracy.
“During interrogation, both suspects confessed to their involvement in the attempted kidnapping and extortion plot.
“A mobile phone used to issue the threatening calls was recovered from one of
