The Lagos State Police Command has arrested Engineer
Wole Odunuga, for tying his alleged debtor’s hands and legs to his back and
planning to drive him in that condition all the way to Abuja.
Odunuga said the victim, Daniel Dabis, who happened
to be his employee, stole a substantial amount of money from his Abuja resident
and fled to Lagos.
Dabis, however, said: “What I took from him were a
ladder and a wheel barrow. He is estimating the cost of the wheel barrow at N110,
000 and the ladder, N90, 000. It was because of that he tied my legs and hands
to my back. His plans were to drive me to Abuja, if not for the intervention of
the policemen. He would have killed me and dumped my body at the road side.”
Odunuga was arrested after officers of Metro Police
chased his vehicle, a white Toyota Hilux Van with the registration number SMK
707 CA, from Ketu/Ojota Flyover to 7-Up,
before Toll Gate.
The officers, on Wednesday night, at around 7:20
p.m., flagged down Odunuga’s car, but
he refused to stopping, fueling the policemen suspicion.
The policemen chased him. After forcing the vehicle
to a stop around 7-Up, the officers were shocked to see Dabis, with his legs
and hands tied to his back and put at the back of the Hilux.
During interrogation, Odunuga told policemen that
Dabis stole his money from his Abuja home before he absconded to Lagos. He said
he was transporting Dabis back to Abuja.
Odunuga, resident of Pent City Estate, Abuja, said: “I
have been searching for him all over places. The search even took me to his
village in Plateau State. It was one of his friends, who told me he was hiding
in Lagos. I heard he was living at Mile 12 Market, Ketu. I drove down from
Abuja. I met him at Mile 12 Market, Ketu, where I picked him up.
“Initially, I had taken him down to Ketu Divisional
Police Station, Lagos, to incident the matter, but the officers at the station
refused to detain him there. So, I had no option than to take him back to
Abuja.”
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