Police in Ogun State has taken into custody a suspected kidnapper, identified as Odele Tosin, for allegedly plotting the kidnap of a 12-year-old girl, Eniola Oyekanmi, in the Ketu area of Lagos.
Oyekanmi was reportedly abducted on Friday by the gang at the Orimerunmu area of Ketu.
Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, explained to journalists that the victim was kidnapped by the gang while she was running an errand for her parents.
Oyeyemi said, “She was taken to a hotel in Mowe where the kidnappers kept her and started demanding a ransom.
“They ran out of luck when the anti-robbery team from Mowe Division, led by the Divisional 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.”
The Policemen from Mowe Division were said to have rescued the victim in early hours of yesterday in a hotel at Mowe, Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of the state.
Eniola was kept in the hotel while the gang negotiated for a ransom.
Oyeyemi said the state Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, had ordered a manhunt for the members of the gang who escaped.
He added that the Commissioner had also directed the immediate transfer of the suspect to the Anti-kidnapping Unit of the command headquarters at Eleweran, Abeokuta, for further investigation.
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