The Lagos State Police Command at the weekend foiled an attempt to kidnap a female a Deputy Comptroller of Customs, younger brother and her son.
On red and white shirt Yomi Oludare, Olugbenga Kehinde Ojo, former Driver to the Deputy Comptroller’s uncle.Two persons have been arrested in connection with the kidnap attempt.
It was gathered an alleged notorious kidnapper and land grabber at the Ajah area of the state, Yomi, had been calling the younger brother to the Customs officer to meet him on a business deal. The younger brother to the officer who suspected a foul play reported the matter to the police at Area D police Command, Mushin.
Police Spokesman, Mr. Chike Oti said:” Acting on the directive of the Commissioner of Police, CP Imohimi Edgal, the Area D Commander quickly assembled a decoy team which played along with a caller who had been calling Barrister Yisa Theophilus, the younger brother of the female officer.
“The police team ran a quick check on the caller based on available information and came to the conclusion that he was up to something sinister. The team found out that aside from being a notorious criminal in the area, the caller, later discovered to be one Yomi, was into land selling the business (mobile). So the detectives called him to meet with them for a land deal and he agreed.
” On Saturday, being the day they agreed to meet, the detectives went along with the younger brother of the female officer Yisa Theophilus whom he had been calling frequently. They met the suspect at a project site in Fara-park in Ajah, and he was promptly arrested.
“During a brief interrogation at the scene of the arrest, the suspect confessed that he has never met the lawyer nor any member of his family. He, however, said that the idea to kidnap Bar Yisa, his sister and her son came from one Ojo, a former Driver to the Deputy Comptroller’s uncle. He added that the idea was to kidnap the lawyer and force him to lure out his sister, who is a Deputy Comptroller of Customs.
“To make his story believable, he put a call to the said Ojo. He told him to meet him, as he had successfully kidnapped the lawyer. He was happy and so he rushed to the venue, straight into the waiting arms of police detectives investigating the case.
“The suspects took the police to a shanty, surrounded by water, situate in Eleko, along Lekki/Epe Expressway, which they prepared as a hostage ground for their would-be victims. It was the agreement of the suspects that in order to avoid the mistakes of the alleged notorious kidnapper, Evans, the moment any of their potential victims sights Ojo, a former employee of the Deputy Comptroller’s uncle, that person must be killed because they all know him.
“The CPLagos has advised Lagosians to be wary of people who call them out for lucrative business deals as it might turn out to be a ploy to kidnap or harm them. He however assured that the Command will remain proactive in the fight against crimes and criminality in the state”.
