Police have arrested five suspected kidnappers in Ogun State.

The suspects, Aliu Manya, Usman Abubakar, Abayomi Olayiwola, Nasiru Muhammad and Bello Usman, who allegedly carried out a kidnap operation recently, were arrested in a forest in the Eleja area of Obada Oko by a team of policemen, So-Safe Corps, hunters and vigilantes after a tip-off.

Police spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the arrest in a statement yesterday.

A brother of one of the victims, who reportedly took ransom cash to them, also identified two of the suspects as those who collected the money from him, it was said