Operatives of Osun Amotekun Corps on Saturday arrested a young man, Mumini Oseni, 25 years old for attempted kidnapping in Osogbo, Osun State.
The suspect was arrested by the operatives of Amotekun when trying to kidnap a young girl around obanisola street, Powerline area by giving the young girl a #50 note, the young girl raised an alarm which attracted the attention of her mother, and the suspect fled the scene before luck ran against him.
He was arrested after a complaint was lodged and the operatives swung into action immediately and he was apprehended in the act.
Confirming the arrest to newsmen in Osogbo, the Corps Commander of Osun Amotekun Corps, Brig. Gen. Bashir Adewinmbi said the operatives of Amotekun arrested the culprit in Osogbo when trying to kidnap a young girl around the obanisola street powerline area osogbo and the young girl raised an alarm which attracted the mother of the girl and the neighbors, complaint was lodged at Amotekun Olorunda Command and the operatives swung into action immediately and he was apprehended in the act.
During cross-examination, “the felon confessed to perpetrating the act and he was an ex-convict jailed for armed robbery”. Adewinmbi said.
The suspect has been handed over to the police for subsequent interrogation and prosecution.