Crime
Lagos Police Publish Identity Of Serial Kidnapper
The Nigerian Police Command in Lagos State has arrested a serial kidnapper involved in abducting children.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the serial kidnapper, Joy Kolapo, age 28, was arrested through the efforts of the detectives of the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Lagos State Command.
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The suspects were said to have kidnapped a three-year-old boy named Bright in the Ejigbo area of Lagos on October 27, 2022.
Kolapo was arrested through what the police described as “painstaking investigation and intelligence gathering.
According to the statement released by the Lagos PPRO, Benjamin Hundeyin, the suspect was arrested in Oyo state with another victim.
In his words, “The suspect was arrested in Omi Adio area of Oyo state on November 12, 2022 with another victim, one Moses ‘m’ aged 7 whom she had kidnapped in Olopo Meta area of Oyo state.
“Investigation led to the rescue of Bright in Akute area of Ogun State the same day the suspect was arrested.”
The police revealed that the suspect had collected money from the parents of the victims, promising them the safe return of their children.
“Further investigation revealed that the suspect was a neighbor to Bright’s parents and had received the sum of Fifty-Five Thousand Naira (N55,000) from his parents for his return.”
“Thereafter, the suspect took the victim to her friend’s shop in Akute, begging her friend to babysit the child while she went shopping but never showed up again. The friend immediately notified the Police at Ojodu Abiosun Division in Akute of the abandoned child. “
While narrating the incident, the police said, “the suspect then travelled down to Oyo state after leaving Akute, kidnapped another victim, one Moses, demanded and received the sum of Twenty Thousand Naira (N20,000) from his parents before she was eventually arrested.”
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Meanwhile, the boy has been rescued unhurt and reunited with their parents, and the suspect has been arraigned.
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