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The distraught of the stolen child, Mrs. Rofiat Ayinde, was said to have been punched in the face by Obiora as he attempted to escape with the child.
Obiora was arrested by the police on April, 12, after the victim’s mother, Mrs. Rofiat Ayinde, reported the matter to the police at Satellite Police Station. She distraught woman had reported that her three-year-old son, Al-ameen Ayinde, has been abducted by a stranger.
The incident, which occurred at No. 10 Baale Street, threw the community into panic after the information about the missing boy filtered into town.
Obiora, who denied the allegation that he stole the boy, claimed to have picked the boy, to show direction to the location he was seeking. He said that he didn’t know the exact place he was going and decided to ask the three-year-old. Nobody believed Obiora’s story.
Trouble was said to have started for the kidnapper after the victim’s mother saw her son in the clutches of a total stranger, later identified as Obiora. She raised the alarm and then confronted him.
According to police, in Obiora’s bid to escape with the child, he punched the boy mother's in the face. The shout of the woman attracted a nearby police patrol team from Satellite Division led by the Divisional Police Officer (DPO). The suspect was promptly arrested and the child rescued.
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Bala Elkana, while confirming the incident, said that the case of the stolen child was reported at Satellite Police Station.
He said: "The mother of the missing boy reported that her son, Al- ameen Ayinde was abducted. It was through investigation that Chisom Obiora was arrested by the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in charge of Satellite Police Station, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), Chike Oti. The child was rescued unhurt."
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