How Kidnap of Adelabu’s Sister, Twins Was Planned – Suspects Confess Insider Role

Some of the arrested suspect - Oloro (left) and Solution

How Kidnap of Adelabu’s Sister, Twins Was Planned – Suspects Confess Insider Role

IBADAN – In a shocking revelation, suspects arrested over the kidnap of former Minister of Power Chief Adebayo Adelabu’s sister, Mrs. Olaide Busayo Adegoke, and her twin sons have confessed how they meticulously planned the operation. The kidnap suspects disclosed that the initial plan was to abduct the ex-minister’s mother, but the plot later shifted to his sister and her 12-year-old twin boys.

The Oyo State Police Command, in collaboration with the Force Intelligence Department-Intelligence Response Team (FID-IRT) , paraded the suspects following a dramatic rescue operation on June 6, 2026. The victims were freed unharmed from a hideout in the Lado Community, Ayegun area of Ibadan.

Mrs Olaide Busayo Adegoke John-Paul and her twins

Police investigations revealed that the kidnapping was orchestrated from within. A personal assistant identified as Shehu allegedly provided the gang with critical inside information about the family’s daily routine, lifestyle, and security lapses. “He was the one who was first approached to give them inside information of how the family lives, their lifestyle, their routine and all,” said CSP Olayinka Ayanlade, Oyo State Police Public Relations Officer. The insider information allowed the gang to conduct weeks of surveillance, photographing the victims’ vehicles and monitoring the children’s school route.

Investigators also uncovered that the kidnap syndicate tried to recruit a household staff member named Segun in May 2026. When that attempt failed, the gang resorted to direct surveillance before executing the abduction on June 3, 2026. Segun Balogun a.k.a. Alawaye, a commercial driver from Iwo Road Motor Park in Ibadan, eventually joined the gang as a driver. He confessed to transporting the gang leader, Adewale Abolarinwa a.k.a. Oloro, to the residence where Adelabu’s extended family members live. “Alawaye applied his driving skill to conveying members of the kidnap gang to their operations and taking the victims to the safe house prepared for them,” a police source revealed.

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At about 7:30 a.m. on June 3, 2026, Mrs. Adegoke, 42, was driving her twin sons to school along Elewura Street, off Ring Road, Ibadan, when four armed men in an unregistered ash-coloured Toyota Corolla intercepted her vehicle. The abductors whisked them away to a three-bedroom bungalow in Ayegun area. The gang had initially planned to abduct the ex-minister’s mother, but surveillance showed that the twins’ mother often drove them to school — making her a more accessible target.

Following a distress call, the Inspector-General of Police deployed the FID-IRT and tactical teams from Oyo State Command. The breakthrough came with the arrest of Wale Abolalewa (alias “Oloro”) , who was already on the police watchlist. On June 6, 2026, at about 7:30 p.m. , operatives stormed the gang’s hideout in Lado Community. A lookout named Kelechi, who had travelled from Lagos State, opened fire on the security forces. Kelechi and another unidentified gang member were neutralized during the ensuing gun battle. The victims were found unharmed inside the bungalow.

Police arrested four suspects in connection with the kidnapping: Wale Abolalewa (“Oloro”) , the gang leader; Dare Oyedele (“Solution”) ; Semiu Ishola, 39; and Adeyemi Ayobami, 35. Items recovered from the suspects include three pump-action rifles, 14 live cartridges, an unregistered ash-coloured Toyota Corolla, a battle axe, hammer, face masks, substances suspected to be hard drugs, and criminal charms.

The police have cleared Oyo State APC governorship hopeful Senator Sharafadeen Alli of any involvement in the abduction, stating that no evidence linked him or the APC to the kidnap syndicate. However, investigators reportedly traced the operation to individuals described as associates of Ajiboye Sangogade, Personal Assistant to Chief Adebayo Adelabu. But Adelabu’s camp has dismissed the allegations, describing them as “false, malicious, and politically motivated.” In a statement on June 9, 2026, Adelabu’s media aide, Femi Awogboro, insisted that Sangogade’s name was never mentioned in the official police briefing as part of the kidnapping syndicate.

Oyo State Commissioner of Police, Abimbola Olugbenga, disclosed that some gang members escaped during the raid, possibly with gunshot injuries. He has urged hospitals, clinics, and traditional healers to report anyone presenting suspicious wounds. “Investigations are ongoing to apprehend other members of the syndicate,” CP Olugbenga assured the public.

How Kidnap of Adelabu’s Sister, Twins Was Planned – Suspects Confess Insider Role