The police in Ekiti have promised a five million naira reward for genuine information on the whereabouts of four suspects over alleged kidnapping in the state.

Spokesperson for the command, Sunday Abutu, on Tuesday gave the names of the fleeing suspects as Banji Akeem, Samuel Ebira, Dele Jimoh and Dayo Igwe.

Mr Abutu said the four, now at large, were mentioned as gang members by other arrested suspects currently in police custody.

According to him, the suspects were involved in the abduction of prominent Ekiti citizens in the last two years.

“The suspects already arrested mentioned one Banji Akeem a.k.a Oro, who was earlier arrested by the RRS operatives for the offence of armed robbery.

“They also mentioned one Samuel a.k.a Samuel Ebira, Jimoh Dele a.k.a Dele Petim, Dayo a.k.a Dayo Igwe and Johnson a.k.a Yellow Okada, presently at large, as other members of their gang,” Mr Abutu said.

According to him, the arrested suspects had confessed that they had been involved in various kidnappings in the state.

“They confirmed to be the brain behind the abduction of one Olowo Bola of Ipoti-Ekiti and the late Chief Abiodun Ajayi, who died from the injuries sustained while he jumped from the kidnappers’ vehicle earlier this year in Ado Ekiti,” he said.

Mr Abutu explained that the suspects usually kept their victims in the house of late Chief Ogunremi, located around Water Works in Ado-Ekiti or sometimes Ayere, a forest in Kogi.

He said the suspects included the food supplier to the alleged kidnappers and a vulcaniser, who was their informant.

He listed items recovered from the suspects to include one Toyota Corolla car, 13 rounds of live cartridges and two locally-made double-barrel guns.

Mr Abutu said that efforts were on to arrest other members of the gang who were at large, hence the five million naira reward for useful information that could lead to their arrest.

The command had, on Monday, paraded four suspected abductors of a petroleum dealer in Ekiti, Suleiman Akinbami, and the wife of the late Surveyor-General of the state, Dapo Osalusi.

(NAN)