The Osun State Police Command yesterday said that a suspected kidnapper, Segun Akinwale, arrested last Thursday around Alekuwodo Area of Osogbo, Osun State capital has died.
Confirming the development to newsmen in Osogbo yesterday, the Police Public Relations Officer of the command, DSP Folasade Odoro, said the suspect gave up the ghost while receiving treatment, having been rescued by the police from a mob attack when he was caught. She said: “He was rescued and brought to the police but he gave up the ghost when receiving treatment.”
While warning residents against jungle justice, Odoro said anybody caught in acts capable of endangering peace of the state would be prosecuted.
Three suspected kidnappers were set ablaze at different locations between Thursday and Friday last week in Osogbo.
Some residents of the area where the suspect was caught claimed he was behaving like a mad man and that he had already kidnapped three children before he was apprehended.
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