Men of the Nigeria Police Force
The men of the Nigeria Police Force foiled an attempt by three men
to abduct two children in Alagbado area of Lagos at the weekend.
Vanguard reports that the suspects, Olaniyi Wale, Tunde Adeyanju
and Lekan Sowaju were alleged to have cajoled two children, ages eight
and five, who were looking for their mother around Otunba Bus Stop, into
entering their vehicle, promising to take them to where their mother
was.
Entreaties by the children to be allowed to alight from the vehicle
when the strangers drove them past their house fell on deaf ears.
Instead, the suspects informed them that they were taking them to a
television station to announce that they were missing. However, on
their way the vehicle was flagged down by some Vehicle Inspection
Officers, VIO.
Rather than comply, one of them was said to have told the officers
that they were in a hurry, a reply that arouse the officials’ suspicion.
They could also not offer a satisfactory explanation on where they
were taking the children to and were consequently handed over to police
for further investigation.
During interrogation, one of the suspects, Sowaju, maintained that
they wanted to assist the children, whom he claimed they met crying on
the road.
He said: “We did not kidnap them. We saw them crying and
stopped to help them. They said their parents were fighting and that
they were looking for their mother. I called our chairman, Balogun and
we also contacted some media houses. We were taking them to Faaji FM and
AIT when we were stopped.
“When they took us to the police station, our chairman was
there to confirm that he sent us. But the police said the DPO was not
around and that our people should come back in the evening, only for
them to transfer us here.”
Confirming their arrest, Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fatai
Owoseni, said the children would soon be reunited with their parents and
urged parents to look after their wards to avoid such scenarios.
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