Members of the Oodua Peoples Congress, OPC, have arrested three suspected kidnappers on the old Oyo national park.
The suspects are reported to be a gang of criminals allegedly terrorising harmless folks on the park.
The old National Park, which stretches throughout 10 native authorities areas in Oyo State and one native authorities space in Kwara, has been beneath a sequence of assaults.
In 2025, some forest guards had been killed within the park following an assault by suspected criminals.
Subsequently, 39 college students and 7 academics had been kidnapped in some communities in Oriire native authorities space of the state in May this yr.
The kidnapped victims had been allegedly held hostage by the kidnappers inside the park.
OPC Coordinator in Eseke village, Oriire native authorities space, Kehinde Zaccheus, revealed the most recent growth to newsmen on Tuesday.
Zaccheus defined that the suspects had been picked up at completely different instances by the OPC patrol staff.
He added that one suspect was picked up at Eseke village in Oriire native authorities space whereas others had been picked up in Igbeti in Olorunsogo native authorities space.
He added that the suspects have been handed over to the police for additional investigation.
“The suspects specifically were picked up at different times by a patrol team of the organisation at Eseke in Oriire local government area (one suspect) and at Igbeti, Olorunsogo local government area (two), and the suspects were reportedly in possession of sophisticated rifles.
“Upon arrest, the suspects had been handed over to the police at Ikoyi-Ile and Igbeti, respectively, for additional investigation.”
