By DAUD OLATUNJI

ABEOKUTA- Ogun State Police Command has paraded six members of a kidnapping gang for allegedly abducting an Indian, identified as Bibhas Bhanjdes in Abeokuta, the state capital.

The command also paraded 19 other suspects for offences ranging from armed robbery to murder, possession of fake currency, unlawful possession of firearms and cultism.

Vanguard gathered that the victim of the kidnap, General Manager of Midgal Nigeria Plc, Abeokuta, was picked alongside his driver last week and was later released after a N3 million ransom was allegedly collected by the suspects one week after.

The state commissioner of police, Nicholas Nkedeme who paraded the suspects, at the weekend named  the suspected kidnappers as Olanrewaju Aremu, Chidi Odunmber, Ejike Mbaeze, Ayo Ifejie, Ndubuisi Nwafor and John Fadoungbo.

Nkedeme  said  a sum of two million and seventy two thousand naira  (N2,072,000.00), one locally made pistol, one live ammunition, two laptops and mobile phones as well as the victim’s car were recovered from the suspects.

Speaking with newsmen, the suspected gang leader, Olanrewaju Aremu, who worked in the same company with the Indian, said he initiated the kidnapping because of  the poor wage paid him by the company which worsened his living condition.

On the 19 other arrested suspects, the police boss said all the suspects arrested for offences ranging from armed robbery to murder, fake currency, unlawful possession of firearms and cultism would be prosecuted in court.