Vanguard reports
Alleged plan by
a female kidnap syndicate to abduct some students on their way to
school last Friday, in Aguda area of Surulere, Lagos, was botched, following
the the arrest of three of its members.
The
women were said to have succeeded in cajoling six students who were
heading to a public school on the Island and zoomed off towards
Orile/Mile Two.
There
are, however, different accounts as to how they met their waterloo as a
version of the account had it that the eldest of the abducted students, a
Junior Secondary School 2 girl, raised an alarm on noticing that
the route plied was different from the regular route to their school.
The
alarm raised reportedly attracted curious commuters at Orile who chased after
the vehicle but another version had it that the students were kept inside the
boot of the vehicle.
However,
on reaching Orile, commercial motorcyclists were said to have been attracted
by bangs from the boot of the car and out of curiosity, reportedly
stopped the car and demanded that the boot be opened for them to ascertain what
was inside.
On
noticing that the students were abducted, a mob descended on the three women
and attempted to set them ablaze but for the timely intervention of policemen
from Orile division. The mob, however, succeeded in setting their
operational car ablaze.
One
of the eyewitnesses at the scene said: “ One of the students said
when they noticed this was not the way to their school, they told their
abductors to take them back from where they picked them but they didn’t
respond.
‘’She said she
started crying and shouting at the same time. When they got to salvage bus stop
at Orile, their cry attracted some area boys who approached the abductors
and asked them where they were going.”
Efforts to speak with
the suspects and the rescued students at Orile Police division failed asVanguard was
asked to go to the spokesman, Lagos State Police Public Relations
Officer, Mr Joe Offor, for comment.
‘’Immediately,
he said that, the students cried for help, saying the people
were kidnappers. Sensing trouble, the kidnappers immediately
sped off . But unfortunately for them , they drove into a port hole which
caused one of the tyres to burst.
‘’Yet
they kept moving until they were caught up with at Abu street . The
ladies were stripped naked, while their vehicle was destroyed . They
would have been set ablaze but for Police intervention.”
Efforts
to speak with the suspects and the rescued students at the Orile Police
division failed as Vanguard was asked to go to the spokesman, Lagos State
Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Joe Offor, for comment.
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