Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command arrested two additional suspects on Friday in connection to the abduction of Mrs. Folasade Odumosu, the wife of retired Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Hakeem Odumosu.
The suspects, 27-year-old Agbojule Smart and 30-year-old Keleke Michael, were apprehended by the Lagos State Commissioner of Police Special Squad.
This was confirmed in a statement issued at the Force Headquarters in Abuja by the Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi. According to the Nigeria Police Force, via its official social media handle, “In response to the directive of the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, Ph.D., NPM., to go after the fleeing suspects in connection to the kidnap of the wife of retired Assistant-Inspector General, AIG Hakeem Odumosu, Mrs Odumosu, the operatives of the Lagos State CP Special Squad have apprehended 2 suspects identified as Agbojule Smart ‘m’, 27 years and Keleke Michael ‘m’, 30 years.”
The statement revealed that the arrests were made in the early hours of Friday, January 24, 2025, while the suspects were attempting to leave Lagos State. “Upon interrogation, they confessed to their crime; belonging to a gang of four, two of whom have been neutralised previously.”
Items recovered from the suspects include “the sum of Two Million, Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira (N2,250,000), which was part of the requested ransom, 2 locally fabricated rifles, and 11 live cartridges.”
Adejobi noted that the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, praised the operatives “for their gallantry in apprehending these suspects and encourages them to maintain this high standard of competence in the fight against crime in all its manifestations.”
The statement reiterated the police’s commitment to “reducing crime to an absolute minimum and fostering the establishment of peace across the nation.”
Mrs. Folasade Odumosu was abducted from her residence in the Arepo area of Ogun State on January 16, 2024, by four masked men. With the support of Force Headquarters’ technical intelligence platforms and the Ogun State police operatives, she was rescued less than a week later, following a gun duel with the abductors in a swampy area of Ikorodu, Lagos State.
