Detectives of the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Lagos State Command, have arrested a 28-year-old female serial kidnapper, Joy Kolapo.
This was disclosed in a statement issued on Sunday night by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the command, Benjamin Hundeyin.
Hundeyin said the arrest of Kolapo followed a painstaking investigation and intelligence gathering into the abduction of a three-year-old boy, Bright, on October 27, 2022, in the Ejigbo area of the state.
He said the suspect was arrested in the Omi Adio area of Oyo state on November 12, 2022, with another victim, a 7-year-old boy, Moses whom she had kidnapped in the 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,” the statement reads.
“Further investigation revealed that the suspect was a neighbor to Bright’s parents and had received the sum of Fifty-Five Thousand Naira (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 Twenty Thousand Naira (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.”
In other news, Kanyi Daily reported how a 38-year-old man was arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for killing two persons after raping a 14-year-old girl.
Police spokesman, Hundeyin said the suspect first killed his mother-in-law somewhere in Akodo after she discovered he was having carnal knowledge of her 14-year-old daughter, who is also his wife’s younger sister, and vowed to take it up.
According to Hundeyin, the suspect immediately killed a man who saw him kill his mother-in-law.
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