Operatives of Osun Amotekun Corps have arrested a 35-year-old man, Abayomi Timothy Babalola for allegedly abducting a married woman, identified as Sofiyat at Ode-Omu, and holding her hostage for three weeks amid random sexual intercourse.

Babalola, an indigene of Modakeke town in Osun was arrested on April 1 by operatives at Sekona of the state after he dropped the married woman in the area.

He allegedly used a magic ring to control the woman from her husband’s house in Ode-Omu to his residence in Modakeke where he kept her hostage for three weeks and abused her sexually.

Confirming the incident, the Corps Commander of Osun Amotekun Corps, Brig. Gen. Bashir Adewinmbi (retd), said the suspect had on March 29, taken the woman to Ile-Ife and dropped her along the road after satisfying his sexual desire.

The victim was said to have raised the alarm, which made Amotekun operatives swing into action, and trailed the suspect to his hideout in Sekona where he was arrested.

According to Adewinmbi, the suspect confessed that in September 2023, the victim, Sofiyat, approached him to help her sell her palm oil because that is the business he does, and along the line, he asked her out but she refused on the grounds that she was married.

Babalola said he later approached one herbalist, identified as Alfa Ilorin in Sekona, who gave him some charms.

With the charms, he claimed the woman had been listening and following his commands.

He said he controlled her using the magic ring and instructed her to leave her husband, which she did.

He changed her Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) card and they moved to Modakeke from Ode-Omu.

Speaking, the victim said she approached the suspect to help her sell her palm oil and he asked her out.

But when she refused, he called her to come and meet him in Modakeke.

She added that Babalola removed her sim card and replaced it with a new one, and locked her in one house in the town.

“He will bring food there whenever he pleases and on March 29, he came to the house to pick her and dropped her at Campus area in Ile-Ife where she raised an alarm which attracted the Amotekun operatives in the area and the suspect was trailed to his hideout in Sekona where he was arrested,” Adewinmbi said.

Meanwhile, Amotekun’s boss has advised the residents of the state to be very careful about who they deal with and they should be security conscious of their environment.

He added that the suspect has been transferred to the Director, Department of State Service (DSS) in the state for subsequent interrogation and prosecution.