The suspect, Mr. Borokini Bolaji, however denied being a member of the syndicate. He confessed that he knew members of the syndicate and was ready to assist police in arresting them.
The victim, simply identified as Iyke, said he was abducted at the bus stop while waiting for a commercial bus. He was bundled into a commercial bus by four men.
They made a beeline for Alpha Beach. At Alpha Beach, the four men dragged him into a building, where he met another group of men.
They searched Iyke and found N10,000 on him, which they took. They also took his ATM card. They forced him to disclose his Personal Identity Number (PIN). Two men left on a motorbike to the nearest ATM gallery to withdraw money from Iyke’s account, others stayed with him.
The police said they were sure Iyke would have been killed if those that went to withdraw the money had called to tell others that the PIN was wrong. After dispossessing him, they bundled him back into the bus and dropped him at the bus stop. Iyke went to narrate his ordeal to his brother. He was still recounting his encounter with the men when a police patrol van drove past.
The two brothers ran after the police van, stopped it and reported the story to the policemen. Without much ado, the policemen followed Iyke to the scene of the crime.
When they got to the scene, it was only Bolaji they found inside the building. Bolaji said he was only the caretaker of the building. According to him, he said that the owner of the building moved to Lekki and asked him to keep watch over the building.
He said he knew the men behind the abduction of Iyke. Bolaji said he was aware that the syndicate uses the building for nefarious activities. The police said: “The victim was at Agungi Bus Stop, waiting to board a bus when a commercial bus came and four men bundled him into it. The time was around 9:30am on Monday. They took him to Alpha Beach.
They searched him, took his N10, 000 and two handsets. They took his ATM card and asked for his PIN.” Bolaji said: “I’m just a caretaker of the building. I know the men behind this crime. I can take police to them. These men are indigenes of the Alpha Beach.
They are into 419(fraud). I have warned them to stop using the building for crime. The main leaders are Eba, Eku and Eja. They are always at Alpha Beach.”
Asked why he didn’t report the activities of the men to police earlier, he said: “I fear them! They are cultists. They can kill and are always involved in land wars. They used to invite other gang members from Ikorodu.
I have complained to the owner of the building. He complained to the Baale, but nothing was done. Many of these men are relatives of the Baale. I’ll take police to them. I can’t vomit what I didn’t eat.”
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