 The Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Police has arrested 23 suspected criminals for various crimes bordering on kidnapping, ritual killing, armed robbery, internet fraud, among other criminal acts. The State Commissioner of Police, Paul O'Dammer, further noted that those involved in the kidnap of one Magistrate, Jumoke Bamiboye, wife of a former military administrator of Oshun and Bauti State's Theophilus Bamiboye, early last year, were among the 23 arrested armed gangs. The investigation into the case revealed that Abu Bakashiho, alias Dogo, and his gun were the kidnappers behind the kidnap of one Alhaji, Madaki Shaibu, at Aigun Flanikamp, sometimes in January 2023, where the son of Alhaji, of this very Alhaji, was killed. It was also revealed that Dogo was part of the gun that kidnapped Magistrate Bamiboye, also in that same month, January 2022. The command said the suspects were arrested at Aikourin and Bannin Forests within the state in conjunction with local vigilante groups following intelligence reports. Other suspects were arrested for cultism, ritual killings, and internet fraud-related crimes. On 11th April 2023, the above mentioned suspects were arrested based on actionable intelligence to the effect that some suspected ritualists are seen gathered at an isolated hotel in Malete, Muroh, local government area of Qwara State. The anti-cultism operatives were despised to the area by the Commissioner of Police, P. Paul O'Dhamma, S. P. S. Hidaga, where the suspects were rounded up with all the above items recovered.