Police Foil Attempt To Kidnap Femi Otedola, Nigerian Oil Magnate

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) says an attempt to kidnap Nigerian oil magnate and billionaire, Femi Otedola, has been foiled by police operatives.

A statement on Wednesday by police spokesman DCP Don Awunah said the IGP’s Intelligence Response Team (IRT) accomplished this task when it arrested a three-man notorious kidnap gang on the 23rd June, 2016.

He said the arrest was achieved through coordinated intelligence gathering and deployment of technical investigative tools that spanned several weeks.

He added that the Principal suspect, one Ikechukwu Daniel, a 28 year old indigene of Imo State, who is the mastermind of the gang, was rusticated from Ahmadu Bello University Zaria due to his cult-related activities on campus in 2009/2010.

Awunah said: “he also doubles as the IT guru of the kidnap gang with mastery of Computer applications. He made damning revelations of their criminal exploits in the South West of the country.”

He also said another member of the gang, 29 year old Adeyemi Kayode, a serving officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence corps and a native of Ojoo in Ibadan, Oyo State serves as a Personal Assistant to the Commandant, NSCDC Oyo State Command.