By Noah Ocheni, Lokoja
Security operatives have arrested two individuals suspected of acting as informants to kidnappers in the Kogi West Senatorial District.
According to a press statement issued on Tuesday by the Kogi State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Femi Fanwo, the suspects were apprehended in Ayetoro Kiri, Kabba/Bunu Local Government Area.
The suspects, identified as Dare Okegbe and Lakutu Omobab Ajelesimi, both natives of Ayetoro Kiri, reportedly made confessional statements revealing the identities of other collaborators aiding kidnapping operations in the region.
The statement reads in part: “Following his confession, two more informants have been arrested in the last 48 hours — Dare Okegbe and Lakutu Omobab Ajelesimi. Both suspects are also from Ayetoro Kiri and have confessed to working with kidnappers to set up members of their own community for abduction.”
Fanwo described the arrests as a significant breakthrough in the government’s ongoing effort to dismantle kidnapping networks in Okunland, adding that more arrests are expected as investigations progress.
“The Kogi State Government remains committed to ensuring the safety of all citizens and will leave no stone unturned in the fight against criminality,” the statement added.
