Police Arrest 3 Fleeing Kidnappers In Lagos
The operatives of Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police
Command yesterday said they have arrested three suspected kidnappers
fleeing from Ibadan in Lagos after collecting N3 million ransom.
It was learnt that the kidnappers, Adekunle Funsho (31), Charles
Ezeilo (32)and Obioha Nnaji were apprehended in Abule Egba Lagos after
kidnapping a lady and collecting N3 million ransom.
According to the police, the kidnappers had after collecting the
ransom fled to Lagos, saying the police in Ibadan after discovering
that the kidnappers were heading to Lagos with the victim’s Toyota
Highlander had radioed Lagos for assistance.
RRS officials on receiving the radio signal tracked the vehicle to
Femi Shrine in Ikeja, from where the alleged suspects further moved
the vehicle to a compound somewhere Abule Egba, Lagos.
It was there that, the officers arrested a suspect before recovering
the Toyota Highlander, 2005 model with the registration number LND 954
EE.
The first suspect assisted the police in the arrest another suspect
who was later apprehended in Femi’ Shrine in Ikeja while another
suspect simply identified as Theophilus is on the run.
According to one of the suspects, Adekunle Funsho, a fashion designer
around Felele, Ibadan, where it was believed the kidnapping took
place, “Theophilus handed over the car to me in Ibadan and told me to
look for a buyer for the car.
“I brought the car to Lagos because I know that I would get a buyer
quickly. The instruction from him was that I sell the
Highlander at N800, 000:00”.
He stated further: “I got a buyer In Ondo State. He has bought a car
from me before, a fairly clean Toyota Corolla. He bought it N550,
000:00. I took the car to him on Lagos – Ibadan Expressway, where he
paid me before moving the car away.
“Charles is my friend of over five years. We met at Redeemed Church,
Ogba, where I was a chorister. I gave him the car to help me warehouse
it for me to get a buyer. He took the car from me at Femi’ Shrine to
his house in Abule Egba.
The case has been taken up by Oyo State Anti – kidnapping team for
further investigations.
