old woman who was kidnapped by 6 armed men along
the Eleko Epe expressway in Lagos some days ago.
(kidnappers pictured above)
Narrating how she was kidnapped, the woman, name
and face withheld, said she was on her way to Ajah
market when 6 armed men kidnapped her and
immediately started asking her for anyone she wants to
call.
"They were saying "Now who do you want to call,
who do you want to call? I said for what? They said
we wouldn't leave you until you give us money.
I said how much? They said 250.
I was even begging them saying where will I get that
type of money from? I said ok let me pay 100. They
said no.
Later one of them now said do you understand
what we are saying? We are asking for 250 million?
I said where will I get that kind of money from, that
I don't have that money and I have never seen that
kind of money before"she said
Speaking on the matter, the Lagos state police
commissioner, Kayode Aderanti said after much
negotiation with her family, her abductors agreed to
collect N3 million.
"The son of the victim on getting to the place where he
was asked to bring the ransom, one of the kidnappers
came out to collect the ransom.
Unknown to him, some of my officers were stationed
around the area and were able to arrest him and he led
them to where other members of the gang were and
where the victim was been kept right inside the
bush"he said
Three of the gang members were arrested and paraded
before press men at the state police command.
They confessed to the crime, saying their gang leader,
Niyi Omoshola died during a gun battle with the police.
They said this was the 4th kidnapping they were
attempting. Two of the gang members are currently at
large
"We started just this year. We have kidnapped
three people this year, two women and one man.
The first kidnap, they gave me 115, 000. The second
one they gave me 80 and the third one they gave me
80, 000″one of the arrested gang member said
The police say the arrested gang members will be
charged accordingly while efforts will continue for the
arrest of the fleeing members.
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