During the operation, police operatives recovered one AK-47 rifle and one pump-action gun from the suspects.
The Kwara State Police Command has announced the arrest of 10 suspected kidnappers and banditry suspects, alongside the recovery of multiple firearms, ammunition and other incriminating items during separate intelligence-led operations across the state.
The operations, which were carried out in Ilorin, Edu, Ifelodun and Baruten Local Government Areas, led to the dismantling of a suspected kidnapping network allegedly responsible for a series of abductions and violent crimes in different parts of Kwara State.
According to the Police Public Relations Officer of the Command, SP Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, the first breakthrough followed an intelligence-led operation launched by the Anti-Kidnapping Squad on May 28, 2026, in response to the abduction of a resident within the Agbeyangi axis of Ilorin.
The police spokesperson disclosed that operatives acted on credible intelligence and initiated a coordinated operation aimed at rescuing victims and dismantling the criminal network behind several kidnapping incidents across the state.
