By Dayo Johnson

Akure—A couple, Ayodeji and Adebimpe Muyijimi, has been arrested by detectives in Ondo State for masterminding series of abductions, including that of the two Catholic reverend sisters and their driver along the Ore-Shagamu Express way in the state, recently.

The two nuns, Perpetual Apo and Bukola Familade, and their driver Zwugwa Zibai, were later rescued a week after they were kidnapped. Ondo State Police Commissioner, Hilda Harrison, told newsmen in Akure that Ayodeji and Adebimpe Muyijimi have confessed to the crimes.

Harrison said they were arrested in Okitipupa town in Okitipupa Local Government Area of the state and would soon be charged to court. Vanguard gathered that the husband, Ayodeji, who is said to be physically-challenged, often stayed indoors to give information on would-be victims to the gang. The wife, Adebimpe, it was learned, keeps the arms and ammunition used by the gang during their operations.

Vanguard also gathered that the gang leader, Godwin Ufoma, was arrested alongside the couple, but presently on admission in an undisclosed hospital in the state. The Commissioner said: “The couple confessed to be members of the gang that abducted two reverend sisters, Perpertual Apo, Bukola Familade and their driver Zwugwa Zibai, last month.

“The same gang kidnapped one Oluwatimilehin Olatunji in Okitipupa, but the victim later escaped.” According to her, the suspects were also responsible for the kidnap of other female victims, including Agbeke Olanike, Seun Fanegan and Ayewalehinmi Blessing. The commissioner said efforts are in top gear to arrest other members of the gang.

Harrison added that two other suspects, Arowosomo Sunday and Tubosun Daniel, were arrested when they sent an SMS threatening to kidnap one Omotehinse Akingbade if he failed to pay them N500,000. He said the two had confessed to the crime and also mentioned other members of the gang and would be arraigned in court at the conclusion of investigation.