Ogun State Command's spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday, gave the names of the suspects as Peter Nse, 24; Chukwuma Nwobodo, 48 and Michael Umanah, 30.
The Nigeria Police Force says it has arrested three sacked workers for allegedly attempting to kidnap their former employer in the Ijebu-Ode area of Ogun State.
Ogun State Command's spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday, gave the names of the suspects as Peter Nse, 24; Chukwuma Nwobodo, 48 and Michael Umanah, 30.
According to Oyeyemi, the suspects were arrested following a complaint reported at Igbeba divisional police headquarters by one Ifenuga Olayinka.
Olayinka reported to the police that he received a text message from someone who described himself as “Killer Vagabond of Africa”.
In the said message, the author directed the complainant to pay N5 million into a bank account sent to him or risk being kidnapped within the shortest possible time.
"Upon the report, the DPO of Igbeba division, CSP Musiliu Doga detailed detectives to unravel those behind the message."
According to Oyeyemi, the detectives subsequently embarked on “technical and intelligence-based investigation” which led them to Anambra State, where two of the suspects, Nse and Nwobodo were arrested.
Their arrest, he said, also led the detectives to Ago-Iwoye, where the third suspect, Umanah was arrested.
He said, “It was when they were brought before the complainant that he identified them as his former employees, whom he laid off not quite long ago for certain misconducts."
The police spokesperson said the suspects confessed to the crime during interrogation.
“They claimed to have made the attempt just because they were not happy as the complainant terminated their appointment,” he said.
According to the Oyeyemi, Lanre Bankole, the state police commissioner has directed the transfer of the suspects to the anti-kidnapping unit of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for thorough investigation.