File. A Nigerian Policeman
The Osun State Police Command has rescued a 50-year-old kidnapped herder, recovered N2.22 million ransom and arrested a suspected kidnapper during a gun battle with abductors.
The Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Gotan, disclosed this during a press briefing on Wednesday, released by the Command’s spokesperson, Abiodun Ojelabi.
Gotan said the victim, Haruna Yusuf, was rescued unhurt in an intelligence-led operation by the Command’s Violent Crime Response Unit.
He said, “On 9th July 2026, the Command received information that one Haruna Yusuf, a 50-year-old Fulani herdsman residing in a remote settlement near Wasinmi Village, along Gbongan/Ife Ibadan road had been abducted by four suspected kidnappers.”
