At least three persons including a father and daughter have been arrested by men of the police force in connection with the abduction of a Muslim cleric, Alhaji Ibra Alli Bodunde, in Ondo State.

The 67-year-old cleric, who is the Chief Imam of the Uso Community, in the Owo Local Government Area of the state, was kidnapped while working on his farm last month.

According to reports, he was released the following day after reportedly paying N2m ransom.

While Parading the suspects at the command headquarters in Akure, on Tuesday, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Funmilayo Odunlami, said the suspects were arrested following the prompt action of the operatives of the command.

The suspects include Muinah Mohammed, Aisha Bello and Isah Bello.

She stated that “On June 18, 2023, one Mrs Bodunde, around 6pm, went to the Uso Division to complain that her husband, Alli Bodunde, went to the farm and he was supposed to come back around 2pm but unfortunately when they did not see him, they sent two persons to the farm to look for him.

“When they got to the farm, they saw his car and his mobile phone but they could not see him. Immediately after the case was reported, the police operatives swung into action and at the end of the day, the man was released.

“But during the investigation, we realised that the man in question is the Chief Imam of the Uso community and through our intelligence team we were able to arrest the suspects,” she added.

Among the suspects, Isah Bello, said his accomplice, Mohammed, collected his SIM card from his daughter, Aisha, and the SIM card was used to call the victim’s family for negotiation for the ransom.

According to Bello, “My daughter (Aisha) came to me to collect my other SIM card from me. I asked what she wanted to use the SIM card for, and she didn’t give me any serious answer but since I don’t use the SIM card any longer, I gave it to her.

“I didn’t know what they used the SIM card for. I don’t know this boy (Mohammed). I didn’t know anything about the matter. I was not arrested, it was my people that told me about the matter, so I went to report myself at the Area Command office,” he said.

Also, Aisha who admitted that she gave her father’s SIM card to Mohammed, claimed to be oblivious to the purpose for which he collected the SIM card….continue reading [url] https://cruztvblognaija.com.ng/2023/07/05/father-and-daughter-arrested-for-the-abduction-of-a-cleric-in-ondo/[/url]

May God not let us see this type of implication in our lives.

Daughter was obviously deceived.

Ondo?

he is lucky they did not mine his head.