Police in Ogun nab 27-year-old woman for kidnapping

Etim Ekpimah

The Nigeria Police, Ogun State Command, on Tuesday, December 20, 2022, arrested a 27-year-old woman, Mariam Ayila, for kidnapping a 13-year-old girl, Sofiat Yusua.

The suspect was said to have been arrested following a report lodged at Agbara divisional headquarters by one Ismail Yusau, who reported that, he sent his daughter on an errand to Agbara market around 11 am.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Ogun State Command, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the girl’s father later received a strange call some hours after from an unknown person.

He said the person informed him that his daughter had been kidnapped and that if he did not send the sum of N250,000 as ransom, he would never see his daughter again.

“Upon the report, the DPO Agbara division, CSP Abiodun Salau, mobilised his crack detectives, who embarked on a technical and intelligence-based investigation.

“Their efforts yielded positive results when the suspect was traced to her hideout at the Atan Ota area, where she was promptly arrested and the little girl rescued unhurt.

“Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect had earlier kidnapped a young girl at Itele Ota area on the 19th of December 2022, and ransom was paid to her before she released her victim,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, has directed that the suspect be handed over to the Anti kidnapping unit of the state Criminal Investigation Departments for further investigation and prosecution.