° Rescue,reunite victims with their families.
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a suspected serial female kidnaper in the State .
According to the police ,her arrest was following a painstaking investigation and intelligence gathering into the abduction of a three-year-old boy, Bright, on October 27, 2022 in Ejigbo area of the state ,detectives of the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), of the Command, arrested a serial kidnapper, Joy Kolapo ,28.
According to Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer( PPRO) SP Benjamin Hundeyin,” the suspect was arrested in Omi Adio area of Oyo state on November 12, 2022, with another victim, Moses ,7 ,whom she had kidnapped in Olopo Meta area of Oyo state. Investigation led to the rescue of Bright in Akute area of Ogun State same day the suspect was arrested.
“Further investigation revealed that the suspect was a neighbour to Bright’s parents, and had received the sum of N55,000 from his parents for his return. Thereafter, the suspect took the victim to her friend’s shop in Akute, begging her friend to babysit the child, while she went shopping ,but never showed up again. The friend immediately notified the Police at Ojodu Abiosun Division in Akute of the abandoned child.
“The suspect then travelled down to Oyo state after leaving Akute, kidnapped another victim, one Moses, demanded and received the sum of N20,000 from his parents before she was eventually arrested.
“The boys have been rescued unhurt and reunited with their parents. Meanwhile, the suspect has since been arraigned”.
