Kwara Police Release 48 Suspected Kidnappers For Lack Of Evidence

The Kwara State Police Command, connected Monday, released 48 persons suspected to beryllium kidnappers whom its operatives arrested on Oke-Ode successful Ifelodun section authorities country of the State past Thursday.

“After exhaustive method profiling and inheritance checks, nary incriminating grounds oregon transgression affiliations were established against the suspects,” the bid said successful a connection signed by its spokesperson, Toun Ejire-Adeyemi.

‎The connection further read: “The Kwara State Police Command wishes to update the wide nationalist connected the result of an intelligence-led cognition carried retired connected 4th September, 2025.
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‎”Based connected credible quality received from the Divisional Police Officer, Oke-Ode, operatives of the Command and vigilantes attached to the bureau of the NSA connected peculiar work astatine Oke-Ode intercepted a radical of forty-eight (48) men on the Alade–Oreke axis, riding successful clusters connected fourteen (14) motorcycles. Forty-three (43) mobile phones and different idiosyncratic effects were recovered.
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‎”The suspects underwent elaborate transgression quality investigation and profiling. All mobile devices were subjected to integer forensic examination, which included extraction of telephone records, connection trails, transaction history, and geo-location mapping to found imaginable links to kidnapping, banditry, oregon immoderate different signifier of organized crime.
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“After exhaustive method profiling and inheritance checks, nary incriminating grounds oregon transgression affiliations were established against the suspects. Consequently, each forty-eight (48) individuals person been duly released this morning( Monday).
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‎”The Command assures the nationalist that the workout was carried retired with utmost professionalism, respect for quality rights, and strict adherence to investigative procedures. The result underscores the committedness of the Nigeria Police Force to enactment swiftly connected quality portion ensuring that guiltless citizens are not unjustly criminalised.
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‎”We impulse the bully radical of Kwara State to stay calm, vigilant, and cooperative by promptly sharing credible accusation with information agencies. Together, we volition proceed to safeguard our communities against criminal elements.”