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 individuals 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 below 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 lecturers 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 newest improvement to newsmen on Tuesday.
Zaccheus defined that the suspects had been picked up at completely different instances by the OPC patrol workforce.
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 particularly had been picked up at completely different instances by a patrol workforce of the organisation at Eseke in Oriire native authorities space (one suspect) and at Igbeti, Olorunsogo native authorities space (two), and the suspects had been reportedly in possession of refined rifles.
“Upon arrest, the suspects had been handed over to the police at Ikoyi-Ile and Igbeti, respectively, for additional investigation.”
