Police Arrest Couple over Gen Rotimi wife Kidnap

OYO State Police Command has arrested a Lagos-based couple over the December 10, 2012 abduction in Ibadan of the wife of Brigadier-General Oluwole Rotimi (rtd), Mrs Titilayo Oluwole Rotimi.

Though the abducted woman has been released and flown overseas, the police said investigations were still ongoing, leading to the arrest of Mr. Matthew Adubi Adekiya and Mrs Ruth Yemisi Adekiya.

The couple were being detained at the anti-robbery section of the command in Iyaganku, Ibadan as at press time yesterday.

Ruth, we gathered, lived with the abducted woman and was trained by her till she got married to Mathew Adekiya in Lagos.

She was said to have gone to Ibadan on Tuesday to sympathise with the Rotimi family upon hearing that her former guardian had been released after about two weeks.

On getting to Ibadan, Ruth was arrested and taken to the anti-robbery section of the command.

Her husband was also arrested in Lagos and detained along with her wife in Ibadan.
Speaking with the Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Ayodele Lanade, we learnt that the couple are being detained based on investigation, which was still ongoing.

According to Lanade, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), “the suspects are still being investigated. Like I told you in the morning, I have been to the Iyaganku division, and I have confirmed that they were being investigated. If after investigation, they are found not to be culpable, they will simply be released.

“We had said it that irrespective of the fact that the abducted woman had been released, our investigations still continue. The Police Commissioner had said it that anyone found not connected with the crime would be released after interrogation,” Lanade stressed while speaking on the phone with us yesterday evening.

Ten workers of Mrs Oluwole Rotimi had initially been arrested, among them, a nursing woman, who was granted bail to allow her take care of her baby.

According to the Police Commissioner, Mr Mbu Joseph Mbu, while speaking with journalists on Monday, the arrested suspects would be released because there was no nexus connecting them to the abduction.

Mrs. Oluwole Rotimi was abducted at Alakia at her haulage firm by some gun men in the evening of the day, while she was about going to her Agodi GRA residence.

It had been reported that her staff had complained of non-payment of their three months salary before the abduction.