Fire service boss kidnap — No clue yet, police

The Police are yet to get a clue of those behind the abduction of the acting director of the Lagos State Fire Service, Rasaki Musibau and seven others who were kidnapped by gunmen along Itoikin-Epe road in Ikosi-Ejirin Local Council Development Area, LCDA at the weekend.

However, a family source who spoke on the condition of anonymity said the kidnapers have contracted the family demanding for undisclosed amount of ransom.
Lagos State Police Command’s public relations officer ( PPRO) DSP Bala Elkana said:” We have deployed our tactical unit to go after the hoodlums, but I don’t want to preempt whatever they are doing. What I know is that we have deployed our men to rescue the victims “.

A senior police officer at the command Headquarters, Ikeja who spoke on the condition of anonymity as he was not supposed to speak to the press said the command has contacted the Inspector- General of Police Intelligence Response Team ( IRT) to assist in tracking the kidnappers.
” As I am talking to you, we have no clue yet on the whereabouts of the kidnappers and their victims. We have contacted IRT to assist us .Whether the kidnappers have contacted the family ,the police are not aware. We have not been briefed.”.

kidnappers had on Saturday stormed the Iwoye bridge at about 8.pm and stopped vehicles conveying the victims and ordered them to alight from their vehicles and whisked them away to an unknown destination.
Sources said that the axis had become the new den for kidnappers lately after abducting Ikosi-Ejirin council chairman, Mr. Ajijedidun Samson Adebisi and Vice chairman of Lekki LCDA, were last month kidnapped within the axis.
Confirming the abduction, Police Public Relation Officer (PPRO), Bala Elkana, disclosed that the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Muazu Zubairu, has immediately deployed a special squad to ensure quick rescue and arrest of the perpetrators.

“It is true. The abduction happened yesterday at about eight pm on Iwoeye Bridge along Ikosi-Ejirin-Epe road. Some hoodlums blocked the bridge and took away seven persons including the director of fire service. The Lagos Commissioner of Police, Muazu Zubairu, has visited the scene last night.