By Abdulrofiu Agboola
Osun State police command has apprehended a middled aged Man ,Adamu Saliu and his 15-year-old son for allegedly abducting church worshipers during a vigil at Odu area in Osun State .
The father and Son were among other 14 suspects paraded on Tuesday at the police headquarters in Osogbo, Osun State capital.
Parading the suspects before newsmen, the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Yemisi Opalola said the suspected kidnappers were apprehended after invading a Pentecostal church where worshipers were holding a vigil.
According to the PPRO, the hoodlums who were more than the numbers apprehended stormed the church and shot sporadically to scare the worshippers away.
She explained that the suspected kidnappers while perpetuating their nefarious acts abducted some female members of the church and sexuality assaulted them.
“The Police on receiving information on the issue swiftly moved to the scene and apprehended three suspects including father and son .
Speaking with our correspondent, Saliu who claimed to be a farmer and Imam in Ilesha denied involvement the kidnapping.
His words “I rear cattle and I have an apprentice and a son who assist me in my workshop. There is a white garment church in my area that did vigil on that night and some hoodlums went there to disrupt their gathering and took some of their members to the bush
“I was not among those hoodlums that went to the church, I didn’t even know such thing happened in the area, it was in the morning after observing my prayer that I saw some policemen with my apprentice and my 15 -year-old son and the police said we are involved in the crime.”he stated .
Narrating their ordeals to Journalists, Esther Ayodeji one the victims said the hoodlums invaded the church during a vigil at Messiah parish Odu Osun state and perpetuated their wicked act.
She said the hoodlums whose number could not be easily ascertained stormed the church and shot sporadically at the roof of the church to scare the worshippers.
She explained that one of the women after being assaulted by the hoodlums was taken into the bush.
Also paraded were two car snatchers who confessed that they snatched two Toyota cars at Ilesha at the spot the owners parked them around
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