Men of Lagos State Command have arrested a 28-year-old female serial kidnapper suspected to have kidnapped two boys.
Police spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest in a statement issued on Sunday at Ikeja.
Actohimg to him, the suspect kidnapped a three-year-old boy in Lagos and a seven-year-old boy in Oyo State.
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He said:
“The suspect abducted the three-year-old boy on Oct. 27 at Ejigbo area of Lagos State.
“She was arrested at Omi-Adio near Ibadan on Nov. 12 with another victim, a seven-year-boy whom she had kidnapped at Olopo Meta in Ibadan.
“Investigation led to the rescue of the three-year-old boy at Akute area of Ogun the same day the suspect was arrested.”
He stated that the investigation showed that the suspect was a neighbour of the boy’s parents from whom she received N55,000 as ransom money to return the child.
He said:
“Thereafter, she took the boy to her friend’s shop at Akute and begged the friend to babysit the child while she went shopping, but never returned.
“The suspect travelled to Oyo State after leaving Akute, kidnapped the seven-year-old, demanded and received N20,000 from his parents before she was eventually arrested.”
On how she was arrested, Hundeyin explained that the suspect had left the three-year-old with a friend who notified the police at Ojodu Abiodun Division in Akute about the abandoned child.
Fortunately, he stated the two abducted children were recovered unharmed and have hence reunited with their families.
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