The 24-year-old student, Deborah Effiom, was abducted from her parents house on August 31 and her parents made to pay N5.05 million in ransom.
The suspects, on sighting the operatives, threw the baby into the bush and opened fire on them, said the police spokeswoman.
The police command in Kwara says it rescued a woman and her son after an intensive search-and-rescue operation by its tactical team.
The Islamic scholar asked the secret police to “take him (Mamu) to court” to face trial.
Mr Mamu was linked to international terrorists organisations whose members he planned to meet outside the country.
A resident of Oke Oka told Peoples Gazette that the incident has already caused apprehension among the residents.
The Kwara governor expressed concern about banditry, kidnapping and farmer-herders clashes.
Ms Iwegbu stated that a victim who escaped from the kidnappers’ den told the police about their whereabouts at Iyuku Forest.
The police said the Osun governor’s wife was attacked on Friday in Ede.
Bandits on Saturday invaded and killed a staff of Government Science Secondary School Nasarawa-Eggon in the same local council the commissioner was abducted.
