Nigeria, May 21 -- The Oyo State Police Command says it has arrested two suspects in connection with the abduction of two staff members of the Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria while dismissing reports of another alleged mass kidnapping in parts of Ibadan as false.

The police spokesperson in the state, Ayanlade Olayinka, disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday.

According to the statement, the incident occurred on 19 May at about 6 p.m. when armed men invaded the premises of the institute located in the Idi-Ayunre area of Ibadan and abducted two staff members.

The police said the chief security officer of the institute reported the incident at the Idi-Ayunre Divisional Police Headquarters, in Oluyole Local Government Area, I...