EKO HOT BLOG reports that operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) arrested two suspected abductors and rescued a female victim inside their car.
The incident happened on Tuesday, around Pedesbytrian Church, Yaba, Lagos, when a lady was sighted at the back of the Toyota car.
According to the General Manager of LASTMA, Mr. Bolaji Oreagba, the two suspected abductors were arrested by a team of personnel from the Somolu zone while on patrol monitoring traffic around the Yaba axis.
Oreagba disclosed this In a statement by the LASTMA Director of the Public Affairs Department, Adebayo Taofiq.
“Our officers on patrol and with the help from passersby chased and apprehended a Toyota Corolla saloon car (FST 60 RJ) after a lady in the back seat was heard shouting Kidnappers! Kidnappers!! Kidnappers after the bridge coming towards Yaba from Jibowu”
Oreagba added: ”The driver with the lady in the front seat were immediately apprehended while the woman who shouted kidnappers quickly got down and explained that immediately she joined the car from Maryland going to Apapa, a lady beside the driver collected her phone with other valuables and she shouted after noticing that they were ‘one-chance’ kidnappers.”
The driver of the car was identified as Mr Monday Amhe, who later confessed to being a one-chance kidnapper.
Oreagba said, “The arrested driver who gave his name as Mr. Monday Amhe confessed during interrogation that himself and the arrested lady simply identified as ‘Joy’ were ‘one-chance’ kidnappers.”
“Mr Amhe confessed further that they operate by picking passengers along Ikorodu road and robbing them of their valuables before discharging them at any location of their choice.”
During interrogation, the lady ‘Joy’ confirmed it was the driver (Monday Amhe) who introduced her to the business.
The two abductors have been handed over to Sabo Divisional Police Station for further investigations.
The General Manager, however, cautioned members of the public to be extra vigilant and extra careful when boarding private or commercial buses.
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