Detectives attached to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad
(SARS), Ikeja, Lagos State Police Command have arrested five kidnappers while
they were plotting to abduct a businessman.
The kidnappers where busted at DeCool Hotel Ojodu
Berger, Lagos State, where they lodged and were perfecting plans on how to
abduct the businessman when police surprised them.
The arrest and operation which occurred on March 7,
2015, was led by officer in charge of SARS, Mr. Abba Kyari.
A police source said: “Kyari and a team of SARS went
after the kidnappers based on a tip-off giving to the Commissioner of Police,
Mr. Kayode Aderanti. The CP quickly acting on the information, instructed Kyari
and his men to track down the kidnappers. We’ve discovered that they were
trying to abduct a businessman in Magodo Estate.”
The suspects presently in SARS custody are Edet
Ekuno 32, Chukwudi Deckson 40, Sunday Shamiga 24, Hope Edet Okon 27, and
Unagbon Isaiah 31.
The police recovered two locally made pistols and 18
live cartridges. All suspects confessed to several kidnappings in Lagos and
Akwa Ibom State.
The taxi driver who normally trails victims for the
gang is still at large.
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