Police arrest serial kidnapper

*Rescue, reunite victims with their families.

Babajide Williams

Following a painstaking investigation and intelligence gathering into the abduction of a three-year-old boy, Bright, on October 27, 2022, in the Ejigbo area of Lagos State, detectives of the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Lagos State Command, have arrested one serial kidnapper, Joy Kolapo ‘f’ aged 28.

The Police Public Relations Officer in Lagos State, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, said the suspect was arrested in the Omi Adio area of Oyo state on November 12, 2022, with another victim, one Moses ‘m’ aged 7 whom she had kidnapped in the Olopo Meta area of Oyo state. 

He stated that the investigation led to the rescue of Bright in the Akute area of Ogun State the same day the suspect was arrested.

“Further investigation revealed that the suspect was a neighbour 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,” he said.

The suspect then travelled down to Oyo state after leaving Akute, kidnapped another victim, Moses, and demanded and received the sum of Twenty Thousand Naira (N20,000) from his parents before she was eventually arrested.

The boys have been rescued unhurt and reunited with their parents. Meanwhile, the suspect has since been arraigned.