Gunfire rocked the Lanre, Igando area of Lagos State
yesterday as teams of policemen from Anti-Kidnapping Squad and Special
Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) stormed a kidnappers’ hideout to rescue a white man.
The operation was led by the officer in charge of
Anti-Kidnapping Squad, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) Mr Akinade Adejobi
and the second in command of SARS, a Superintendent of Police (SP), Mr Amadu
Adamu.
The policemen, who surrounded the building, before
storming in, found the white man tied.
They also recovered four AK47 rifles, fully loaded,
two English pistols, 60 magazines and 5000 ammunition.
The kidnappers are suspected to have scampered on
getting information that policemen were already onto them. It was believe that
in their hurry to escape, the abductors abandoned their cache of arms.
According to a police source, the teams of police
were instructed by the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fatai Owoseni,
to go after the kidnappers, immediately he received information about the
abduction of the white man. The victim was said to have been rescued less than
24 hours after he was abducted.
It was also gathered that the policemen have been
tracking the kidnappers since Thursday. The search narrowed down to a building
located at the Igando area of the metropolis, close to the Igando Police
Station. The rescue operation took off around 4pm and before 6pm, it was over.
Residents of Igando, who heard the area rocking with
gunshots, thought armed robbers were in operation. The Lagos Police Command
Headquarters was filled with jubilation as the team of policemen arrived with
the recovered weapons and still badly shaken victim.
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