Detectives attached to the Area K
Police Command, Badagry, Lagos State, have rescued a female suspect from two
alleged ritual killers.
The suspects, Sarafu Yakubu 25, who
hails from Ove Community in Magbon and Fatai Muritado 40, of Tologbo area, Magbon,
all in Badagry, were arrested in the wee hours of Wednesday at Oble Community
by a crack team of police operatives from Area 'K' Police Command led by the
Area Commander, an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Hope Okafor.
According to a source, the suspects
were on the verge of sacrificing their victim, after taking turns in raping her
when policemen surprised them.
The source further said: “The
policemen rushed to the scene after the area commander received a distress call
from a resident who heard the screams of the victim. The area commander quickly
gathered a handful of policemen and dashed to the scene. The area commander and
her men caught and arrested the suspects.”
The two suspects, presently in
police custody at Area 'K' Police Command, were alleged to have confessed to being
kidnappers. They also confessed to have abducted their victim at Ibadan, Oyo
State on September 4 and later moved her to Lagos.
Angry residents in the area
attempted were said to have attempted to snatch the suspects from policemen in
order to lynch them. But the policemen resisted and whisked the suspects to
their office.
A police source, who confirmed that
investigation was ongoing, said that preliminary investigations revealed that
the two suspects were not the only members of the gang. Thus, policemen are
presently using information gathered from the two suspects in the hunt for
other members of the gang.
When Okafor was contacted on the
matter, she refused to comment, insisting that our correspondent must go to the
Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Olarinde Famous-Cole for information
on the matter.
Suspects names: Sarafa Yakubu 'm' 25
years of Over Community, Magbon, Badagry. Fatai Muritado 'm' 40yrs of Tologbo
area Magbon Badagry
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