JUST IN: Two Kidnapers Arrested By Local Hunters In Osun

In Odo-Ijesa community of Osun State on Saturday, local hunters arrested two suspected kidnappers after a hot chase to rescue two people abducted in the community.

As claimed by the group of hunters, nine kidnappers invaded the community and abducted three persons but one of the victims escaped from them while they took away two persons.

Chief Nureni Ahmed, who is the commander of the commander of Hunters Group of Nigeria (HGN), Osun Command, confirmed the arrest of the kidnappers.

According to him, the suspects have been handed over to the police and that his men were on the trail of the remaining kidnappers.

Nureni said “these kidnappers have been terrorising the community. They were nine. We caught two of them. We are chasing the rest. We have deployed more hunters from Osogbo to support our men there.”

“Hunters know the nooks and crannies of that forest because we have been chasing animals there in the dead of night even when we were children.

“These kidnappers cannot hide like the fast animals that we chase and kill in that forest. We shall rescue the victims alive”, he added.

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The Osun State Chairman of Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC), Chief Amitolu Shittu, while commending the hunters for the feat said hunters know the terrain in every community and possess native intelligence and traditional tools to accomplish their mission.

Amitolu lauded the police for cooperating with the hunters in ensuring security of lives and property in the state, particularly in the far remote localities.

He said the Community Police Initiative is working and must be sustained.

As at the press time, the Police Public Relations Officer in the State, Folashade Odoro, could not be reached for official comments.