In a bid to flush out criminal elements especially kidnappers out of the State, a combined team of the police, NSCDC, Amotekun, O.P.C and local hunters today January 31 embarked on a bush combing operation through Oke-Osun, Ikere/Igbo-Okah to the  thick forest around Iju/Ikere boundary.

During the Operation, five suspected kidnappers namely Usman Jelili, Mohammed Bande, Abubakar Aliu, Isah Abdullahi and Suleiman Abdullahi were arrested.

Confirming the arrest to newsmen, the spokesperson of the command, DSP Abutu Sunday said items recovered from the suspects include Two Motorcycles, one cutlass, one jack knife/ dagger and four phones.