Police personnel in Kwara State have rescued a Chinese national kidnapped by gunmen on July 3 at a construction site on Shao-Oloru Expressway.
This was disclosed in a statement signed by police spokesman, SP Ajayi Okasanmi, in Ilorin on Friday.
Okasanmi said that police operatives on the rescue mission were still in the bushes to arrest the culprits.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the rescued Chinese is currently undergoing medical examination to ascertain his state of health before he will be reunited with his family.
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“The pressure mounted on the kidnappers by the rescue teams became so intense that the criminals could no more stand the heat, forcing them to abandon the victim and escape for their lives.
“In another development, security operatives apprehended some suspected human traffickers as they were taking a human skull from Lagos State into Ilorin.
“Upon reception of information, security operatives arrested a 41-year-old man in Ilorin for the crime.
“The suspect had earlier received the package from a motor park, when he was searched, a human skull concealed in a carton with his name and phone number inscribed on it was recovered.
“Preliminary investigation into the matter revealed that the suspect actually procured the human skull, a horse head, a chimpanzee head and other items.
“The other items were recovered in his house and he confessed he intended to use them for money-making rituals,’’ Okasanmi stated.
Okasanmi added that Commissioner of Police, Mr Tuesday Assayomo, commended the operatives for a job well-done,
He admonished the investigating team to ensure that other accomplices of the kidnap suspect were arrested and prosecuted.
He also enjoined transport unions in the state to work with law enforcement agents in the task of getting rid of crime.
