IG Deploys Choppers For Anisulowo’s Rescue - Photos

The search for the abducted former Minister of State for Education, Senator Iyabo Anisulowo, received a boost on Saturday after the Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, deployed two helicopters in Ogun State, specifically the Ilaro-Imasayi-Igbogila and border areas.

Anisulowo, who represented Ogun West Senatorial District at the Senate between 2003 and 2007, was kidnapped by some armed gunmen along Sawonjo-Imasayi Road last Wednesday, while returning from her farm.

According to the state Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, the helicopters have been patrolling suspected kidnappers’ dens in various areas within the state, with search parties including the Assistant Inspector -General of Police in charge of Zone 2, Bala Hassan, and the state Commissioner of Police, Abdulmajid Ali.

Others, he said, were the Commander 35 Artillery Brigade, Alamala, Abeokuta, Brig. Gen. S. Danwalis; Director, Department of State Services, Ogun State, Mr. Kabir Sanni, and search teams from Lagos, Ogun, Oyo and office of the Inspector- General of Police, Force Headquarters, Abuja.

Adejobi said Ali, who spoke on behalf of the teams, assured residents that the kidnapped senator “will soon be rescued unhurt and the culprits apprehended as every officer of the command and members of the search teams have been having sleepless nights since the day of the incident.”

Ali, who appreciated the IG for his support towards the rescue of the victim, commended other security agencies, search teams and members of the public, for their support.

Meanwhile, one of the siblings of the victim, Kola Popoola, denied that the kidnappers contacted the family and demanded N200m ransom.