The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a
suspected kidnapper, Odele Tosin, believed to be
the leader of a kidnapping gang who abducted a
12-year-old girl, Eniola Oyekanmi, in Ketu area of
Lagos.
The victim was said to have been kidnapped on
Friday by the gang at Orimerunmu area in Ketu,
Lagos.
However, policemen from Mowe Division of the
command rescued Eniola around 1am on Saturday
in an hotel at Mowe, in Obafemi-Owode Local
Government Area of the state, where the victim was
taken and the gang was demanding ransom.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola
Oyeyemi, said the girl was kidnapped by the gang
when running an errand for her parents.
He said, “She was taken to an Hotel in Mowe area
where the kidnappers kept her and started
demanding for ransom
“Luck ran against them when anti- robbery team
from Mowe Division led by the Division Police
Officer, Francis Ebohuwa got a tip-off and stormed
the hotel.
“One of the suspects was arrested while others
escaped. The victim was rescued unhurt.”
Oyeyemi, an Assistant Superintendent of Police said
the state Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu,
has ordered a serious manhunt for the escaped
members of the gang.
Iliyasu has also directed that the suspect be
transferred to Anti-kidnapping Unit at the command
headquarters Eleweran, Abeokuta for discreet
investigation.
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