Irate youths in Shiya community in Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara State over the weekend killed two suspected kidnappers who have recently been terrorising the community.
The angry youths also allegedly burnt two exotic cars said to belong to one of the kidnappers.
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It was gathered that the suspects had lured and kidnapped a resident at a lonely place where they demanded N20million ransom.
A source in the town told journalists that the victim immediately pleaded for N10 million, pleading that he had spent a lot on his wife who just returned from Hajj exercise.
The kidnappers were said to have instructed the victim to order his relatives to bring the N10million to Sandilo area along Benin Republic road around midnight last Thursday
“They asked us to put the money inside a drainage point in front of a filling station in the area,” a family source disclosed.
Unknown that the victim’s relatives had “marked” the N10 million before depositing it at the designated spot, one of the kidnappers was however rounded up early hours of Thursday by the vigilant security operatives while attempting to lodge the money into his bank account at a Point On Sale (POS) in the area.
A Police source said that security operatives and the family had earlier contacted POS operators in the neighbourhood, believing they would be the next contact of the kidnappers.
“Subsequently, on confirmation, the POS man informed the police station at Shiya town, they responded swiftly and arrested the kidnapper,” the source hinted.
A Police source revealed that it was after interrogation that the man attempting to lodge the money with the POS later led the investing team to his leader who had also been arrested and detained at the police station.
On this discovery, sources added that irate youths took to the street leading to the Shiya police station and drove away the policemen on duty.
“When they came, they overwhelmed us and forcefully took away the suspects outside and meted out capital punishment on them until they were confirmed dead,” a policeman in the station recalled.
Another senior police officer who pleaded anonymity confirmed the incident but added that an investigation had commenced into the incident.
