In separate operations across the state, The Ogun State Police Command has arrested two suspected members of a cattle theft group recovered six stolen cows and foiled a suspected abduction attempt.
Tripod Times reports that DSP Oluseyi Babaseyi represented by his spokesperson said operatives of its Safer Highway Patrol Team on July 26, foiled a suspected abduction attempt at Onigaari along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
In a separate operation, In a statement issued on Tuesday,The command’s spokesperson, DSP Oluseyi Babaseyi also disclosed that the operatives of the Sagamu Division arrested Abiodun Kamilu, 35, and Adesanya Segun, 37, following a distress call reporting the theft of seven cows from a cattle yard in the Maskoli area of Sagamu.
“The breakthrough followed a distress call received in the early hours of 25th July, 2026, reporting that suspected cattle thieves had invaded a cow yard in the Maskoli Area of Sagamu and stolen seven cows
“Upon receipt of the report, operatives immediately mobilised and commenced coordinated patrols around identified exit routes. Acting on credible information, the operatives intercepted suspicious vehicles along the Sagamu–Ijebu-Ode Expressway.
“Their swift intervention frustrated the criminal operation, leading to the arrest of the two suspects and the recovery of six of the seven stolen cows, as well as the operational vehicle abandoned during the failed escape,” the statement read.
Investigations are still ongoing to recover the remaining cow, prosecute everyone connected with the crime and to arrest other members of the syndicate.
