The Ekiti police command has arrested a resident of the state, Johnson Apotire, who “impersonates herdsmen”, for alleged kidnapping.
Spokesman of the Ekiti police command, Sunday Abutu, announced the arrest in a statement issued on Tuesday.
According to him: “Sequel to the arrest of one Adebayo Akeem Banji a.k.a. Oro, Ogunremi Bunmi a.k.a. Bafon, Ige Adu and Jimoh Fayoke ‘f’ on 06/11/2021 in Ado-Ekiti by the Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad(RRS) for conspiracy, armed robbery, burglary, kidnapping, murder and unlawful possession of firearms, Police investigation led to the arrest of one Johnson Apotire ‘m’ on 17/11/2021 who confessed to be a member of the notorious kidnapping gang and further stated that he usually impersonates Fulani herdsmen due to his physical resemblance to a Fulani man,”
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