Police Bust 3-Man Kidnap Gang, Rescue 30-Yr- Old Woman

[Shola Sholaz]

Police in Lagos State, yesterday, said they have arrested a three-man gang of kidnappers, who specialised in kidnapping young boys in Lagos and Ogun states.
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This was as 37-year-old Idowu Ajibola has been arrested by policemen attached to the Area 'E' Police Command in Festac, Lagos, for allegedly abducting a 30-year-old woman, for three years.
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Lagos Deputy Police Public Relations Officer, Damasus Ozuani, who paraded the suspects before newsmen, said the three kidnappers were currently being detained by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS.
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Ozuani, who identified the suspects as Olalekan Benjamin, Gbenga Sholaja and Samson Somorin, said they were arrested when the Divisional Police Officer at Igando Police Station, Ben Osuji, received an intelligence report on the gang's activities and caught a member of the gang at 12, Olowojeunjeje Street, Egan, Igando, Lagos.
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He said: "The DPO at Igando, apprehended Benjamin and later transferred him to SARS for further investigation. During interrogation at SARS, the suspect confessed and named some of his gang members as Sholaja and Shomorin, based in Alagbado, Lagos and Owode-Ijako, OgunState, respectively.