Posted by Samuel on Thu 14th Aug, 2025 - tori.ng
This happened during an attempt to arrest the suspected kidnapper at the Shaare Cattle Market in Ifelodun Local Government of the state.
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In what will come across as a really tragic developemnt, a vigilance member yesterday k!lled the father of a kidnap suspect in Kwara State.
This happened during an attempt to arrest the suspected kidnapper at the Shaare Cattle Market in Ifelodun Local Government of the state.
The suspected kidnapper is still at large.
Sources said members of the group apprehended the suspect on suspicion of involvement in kidnapping.
The situation escalated when the suspect’s father intervened, demanding his son’s release.
The altercation allowed the suspect to escape.Witnesses said the father then attacked one of the vigilantes with a machete, injuring him.
The vigilante reportedly responded by shooting the man, who later died from his injuries.
Kwara State Police Commissioner, Adekimi Ojo, confirmed the incident, stating that the injured vigilante is receiving treatment in hospital.
“His attack on the vigilante freed the supposed kidnap suspect after he struck the officer with a machete,” Ojo said, adding that an investigation is ongoing.