The Lagos State Police Command has
foiled plans by four employees to abduct their boss in order to demand N6million ransom.
The suspects’ boss is oil and gas
merchant, thus the men thought they would get good money if they kidnapped him.
The plan and their eventual arrest occurred at Buchnor area of Ejigbo.
The suspects have been identified as
Solomon Otungo, Sunday Nwankwo, Agu Izuchukwu, (19) and Tunde
Olaewo (21).
Police said that the suspects had
been holding night meetings on how they would kidnap and keep their
employer incommunicado until a ransom of N60 million had been paid.
The Lagos State Commissioner of
Police, Zubairu Muazu, said that police swung into action after receiving credible
intelligence that some newly employed workers of the victim were planning to
kidnap him.
Muazu said: “It was based on that information
that the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in charge of Ejigbo Police
Headquarters, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), Mrs Okuwobi Olabisi,
mobilised policemen and stormed the venue of the meeting, where the following suspects
were promptly rounded up and arrested. The confessional statements of the
suspects, led to the arrest of Nwankwo, in Isolo area of Lagos State.”
Muazu alleged that the suspects in
unison, confessed to the crime. The CP added: “The suspects had their plan
foolproof. They were going to demand N60m ransom from the businessman.”
Muazu emphasized that
the suspects would be charged to court at the conclusion of investigation.
Robber
arrested in Lagos after snatching in Akure
Taiwo Jimoh
The suspected car snatcher, Idowu Popoola, has been
arrested by the Anti-Cultism Unit of the Lagos State Police Command, after
allegedly snatching a car at Akure, Ondo State.
Popoola was intercepted at Ijanikin area of the
state while trying to escape with the KIA Sport Utility Vehicle with
registration number MUS 910 DA, which he snatched at Akure, Ondo State.
After Popoola hijacked the car, he drove it to Lagos,
planning to sell it. Unfortunately, he
was arrested before he could find a buyer.
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Zubairu
Muazu, said Popoola was arrested at Ijanikin area of the metropolis.
He explained: "A team of Anti-Cultism operatives
led by CSP Uduak Isaac, attached to the State Criminal Intelligence and Investigations
Department (SCIID), Panti, Yaba, while on patrol, accosted the suspect with the
car. The suspect was arrested when he couldn’t give reasonable explanation
about the car. The Unit moved the suspect to its office, where he later
confessed that he stole the car from Akure and brought it to Lagos to look for
a buyer."
The CP further said: “The suspect said that he
belonged to a three-man robbery gang. The vehicle was snatched at gunpoint by
his gang on February, 2, in Akure, Ondo State.”
The owner of the vehicle had been contacted, while
investigation into the matter is still ongoing. The CP said that the police
were already on the trail of the two fleeing members of the gang.
The owner of the car, Mr. Olaniran Olanusi, was
returning from a function when the three suspects swooped on him and collected
his car at gunpoint.
He said: "Initially, I didn't know the armed
robbers were trailing me. When I get to the gate of my estate, I horn
repeatedly for the gateman to open the door for me. I was still at the gate,
waiting for the gateman to open the gate when the three suspects alighted from
motorbike and ordered me to come down. They ordered me to hand over my car key
to them. When I tried to play smart with them, they threatened to kill me.
Immediately, I ran out of the car and left it for them. When I eventually came
back, they had left with my car. It was on Tuesday that I received a call from
Lagos Command that my car had been recovered. It was a surprise to me. I
thought I wouldn't find it again."
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